LETTER TO JUSTICE DEGRASSE
Please sign on to this letter to Justice DeGrasse, asking for accountability in the spending of the CFE funds, including public input and oversight.
Right now, the Mayor and the Chancellor are asking for a blank check, so they can spend these billions of dollars however they like, without any system of public review or even having to submit a proper plan. In the past few weeks, we have received the signatures of the Presidents of 19 Community Education Councils, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, and more than 400 CEC members, PTA presidents, education advocates, parents, and elected officials.
If you'd like to sign, please email me ASAP at leonie@att.net with your name, school, and district --- or any other organizational affiliation you would like, and whether you'd like an asterix attached (meaning organization for identification purposes only.) We sent the first version of the letter to Justice DeGrasse on Jan. 10, but intend to send it again if we receive more signatures.
Our more detailed accountability proposal is posted here. You should also ask your CEC or City Councilmember to sign our letter as well, or to write their own asking for more accountability, public review and oversight for the CFE funds. For info on how to contact your Councilmember, click on "How you can help."
Thanks!
Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters
January 10, 2005
Justice Leland DeGrasse
New York State Supreme Court
60 Centre St.
New York, NY 10007
Dear Justice DeGrasse:
We urge you to strengthen existing accountability measures in your ruling in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case. We strongly support the funding recommendations made by the court-appointed panel of referees. However, additional resources alone will not be sufficient to ensure that New York City students receive their constitutional rights to a sound basic education, unless these resources are invested wisely.
More specifically, we do not believe that the referees’ recommendations sufficiently address the need to “ensure a system of accountability to measure whether the reforms actually provide the opportunity for a sound basic education,” as the Court of Appeals directed. Enhanced accountability is critical so that citizens and taxpayers, both in New York City and the rest of the state, can be assured that the increased funds devoted to our public schools will be efficiently and appropriately spent.
We urge you, therefore, to adopt an accountability system, with each of the elements outlined below, to make certain that the systemic deficiencies found by the Court will be remedied, without delay.
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The city’s plan should be required to conform to commonly accepted principles of planning design, including transparent and measurable goals and objectives, with annual benchmarks for improvement;
The city’s plan should be required to conform to commonly accepted principles of planning design, including transparent and measurable goals and objectives, with annual benchmarks for improvement;•The plan should achieve adequacy after four years in the core areas, including but not limited to those the Court held were key to ensuring a sound basic education, (appropriate class size, teacher quality, and instrumentalities of learning) with adequacy defined, at minimum, as conditions equal to those that exist in the rest of the State outside New York City;
The plan should achieve adequacy after four years in the core areas, including but not limited to those the Court held were key to ensuring a sound basic education, (appropriate class size, teacher quality, and instrumentalities of learning) with adequacy defined, at minimum, as conditions equal to those that exist in the rest of the State outside New York City;•The plan should undergo a thorough process of public input and review within existing governance structures, from the school level on up, including the duly elected Community Education Councils;
The plan should undergo a thorough process of public input and review within existing governance structures, from the school level on up, including the duly elected Community Education Councils;•There should be annual evaluations, with bottom-up reviews, as well as mandatory yearly audits by the State Comptroller’s office, to ascertain whether the money is being efficiently spent to achieve the goals and objectives as outlined in the plan;
There should be annual evaluations, with bottom-up reviews, as well as mandatory yearly audits by the State Comptroller’s office, to ascertain whether the money is being efficiently spent to achieve the goals and objectives as outlined in the plan;•There should be a documented complaints and appeals process, to assess if problems of a systemic nature remain, and if so, allow for intervention.
There should be a documented complaints and appeals process, to assess if problems of a systemic nature remain, and if so, allow for intervention.An accountability system with these elements will be necessary to ensure that the systemic deficiencies found by the Court are addressed, without delay. Each of these elements is described in more detail in the attached accountability proposal, drawn up by a working group consisting of representatives from key parent and advocacy organizations.
Thank you for your consideration,
Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters
Carolyn Prager, Advocates for Public Representation in Public Education
Jan Atwell, former Board member, Campaign for Fiscal Equity
Ellen Raider, member, Campaign for Fiscal Equity Accountability Task Force
Cecilia Blewer, member, Campaign for Fiscal Equity Accountability Taskforce
Larry Wood, parent, President of President’s Council, District 3*, Board Member, Alliance for Quality Education*
Missy Frey, parent, Lab School, District 2, Board member, Alliance for Quality Education*
Maria Dapontes-Dougherty, parent, District 30, Queens, Board member, Alliance for Quality Education*
Kathleen Gomez, member, Community Education Council District 2, Board Member, Alliance for Quality Education*
Carmen M. Colon, President, Community Education Council for District 13, founding member of the Association of New York City Education Councils*
Robin C. Brown, President, United Parents Associations of NYC, Inc., Board Member Alliance for Quality Education*
Don Shaffer, cooperating attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union
LeRoi Gill, Executive Director, Central Brooklyn Churches*, Board Member, Alliance for Quality Education*
Hon. Gifford Miller, Speaker of the New York City Council
Hon. Betsy Gotbaum, New York City Public Advocate
Hon. James F. Brennan, Member of New York State Assembly, A.D. 44
Hon. Gale Brewer, City Councilmember, Manhattan
Hon. Letitia James, City Councilmember, Brooklyn
Hon. David Yassky, City Councilmember, Brooklyn
Rhonda C. Smith, Black Child Development Institute, NY Affiliate Inc.
Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation*
John M. Beam, Executive Director, National Center for Schools and Communities, Fordham University*
Sherri Donders, President, Staten Island Federation of PTAs*
Mary-Powel Thomas, parent, P.S. 38, and President, Community Education Council, District 15
Elizabeth M. Garcia, Esq., President, Community Education Council District 8*, Bronx
Rosemarie Seabrook, President, Community Education Council, District 5, Manhattan
Barry A. Kaufman Ph.D., President of the Citywide Council on High Schools
Aliya Brown, President, Community Education Council for District 16, Brooklyn, founding member of the Association of New York City Education Councils*
Johnny C. Rivera, President, Community Education Council for District 4, Manhattan, founding member of the Association of New York City Education Councils*
Nick Comaianni, President, Community Education Council for District 24, Queens, founding member of the Association of New York City Education Councils*
Harry E. Johnson, President, Community Education Council District 23 *, Brooklyn, Steering Committee member of the Association of New York City Education Councils*
Kim R. Canty, President, Community Education Council 11, Bronx
Timothy G. James, President, Community District Education Council 29, Queens
Jeannie T. Basini, President, Community Education Council District 30, Queens
Sergio Lora, Co-President, Community Education Council District 6, Manhattan
Cordell Cleare, President, Community Education Council District 3*, Manhattan
Susan Downey, President, Community Education Council, District 26, Queens
Tony N.K. Lynch, President, Community Education Council District 19, Brooklyn
Anthony F. Allia, President , Community Education Council District 27, Queens
Abiodun Bello, President, Community Education Council District 32*, Brooklyn
Michael A. Propper, President, Community Education Council District 2, Manhattan
Michael Hiller, parent, P.S. 29, and secretary, Community Education Council, District 15, Brooklyn
Paul Walsh, Vice President, Community Education Council District 2, Manhattan
T. Thaddaeus Brown, Vice President, Community Education Council, District 19, Brooklyn, Founder / CEO, ISAIAH-GRACE
Charles Riley, Vice President, Community Education Council, District 13, Brooklyn, member of the Association of the NYC Education Councils*
Lisa Greenwald, 2nd Vice President, Community Education Council District 2
Jonathan Levine, Treasurer, Community Education Council District 2
J. Elizabeth “Betsy” Scherl, Secretary, Community Education Council District 2
Mary Lish, Member, Community Education Council District 2, Manhattan
Melinda Fine, Member, Community Education Council District 2
Laura Bass, Member, Community Education Council District 2
Shelley Rappaport, Member, Community Education Council District 2
Lisa Lim, Member, Community Education Council District 2
Marge Kolb, Member, Community Education Council, D24, Queens
Elise L. Cagan, Member, Community Education Council, District 6, Manhattan
George Emilio Sanchez, parent, PS 261, member, Community Education Council District 15, Brooklyn
Nancy Pereira, member, Community Education Council for District 6*, Manhattan
Teresa Arboleda, member appointed by Manhattan Borough President, Community Education Council, District 3*
John Tillman, member, Community Education Council, District 29, Queens
Shelly Eisenhart, member, Community Education Council, D21, Brooklyn
Jim Devor, member, Community Education Council District 15, Brooklyn
Rosemary Hammeed, member, Citywide Council on Special Education
Paul Jenkins, member, Community Education Council District 13, Brooklyn
Regina Howard, member, Community Education Council District 9, Bronx
Dmytro Fedkowskyj, member, Community Education Council District 24, Queens
Nancy Carbone, parent, PS 58, member, Community Education Council, D24, Queens
Elender Foxe, parent, P.S. 171, member, Community Education Council, District 4, Manhattan
Ira Zalcman, LCSW, parent, member, Community Education Council, District 21, Brooklyn
Nydia Ramos, parent, PS 172, member, Community Education Council, District 15, Brooklyn
Paul Mondesire, parent, PS 75, member, Community Education Council, District 3*, Manhattan
Lavinia Galatis, parent, PS 122, member, Community Education Council District 30*, Queens
Yvonne L. Killebrew, member, Community Education Council, District 21, Brooklyn
Tracey Fuller, parent, Seth Low I.S. 96, 2nd VP Community Education Council, D 21, Brooklyn
Paul Jenkins, member of Community Education Council District 13, Brooklyn
Sandra M. Rodolico, member, Community Education Council D21, Brooklyn
Audrey Robinson, member, Community Education Council, District 14, Brooklyn
Diane Nathaniel, Recording Secretary, Community Education Council D13, member of the Association of the NYC Education Councils*
Rajiv S. Gowda, member, Community Education Council District 31, Member Community Board #1, Staten Island, Former 1st Vice President Local 375 - Civil Service Technical Guild, Current Delegate to DC 37 and Central Labor Council, Joint Secretary, Federation of Indian Associations, Member - President's Community Advisory Council, College of Staten Island
Paul Jenkins, member, CEC D13, member of the Association of the NYC Education Councils*
Samantha Benton, member, CEC D13, member of the Association of the NYC Education Councils*
Marcelino Rodriguez, Member, Community Education Council District 24, Queens
Yvonne Rodriguez-Hunter, Treasurer, CEC D13, member of the Association of the NYC Education Councils*
Anne Shonbrun, parent, PS 230 and member, Community Education Council for District 15, Brooklyn.
Barbara J. Webb, elected member, Community Education Council, District 3, Manhattan
R. Basilia Gomez, Secretary, Community Education Council, District 6, Manhattan
Eugenia Simmons-Taylor, First Vice-President, Community Education Council, District 4, Manhattan.
Hon. Chris Owens, former President, Community School Board 13, Brooklyn
Patricia A. Grayson, education activist, former President, Community School Board 24, Queens
Tim Johnson, President, President’s Council, District 2, Manhattan
Yuet Chu, Director of the Middle School at School of the Future, District 2, Manhattan
Sid Massey, principal, River East Elementary School, District 4, Manhattan
Laura Nathanson, NYC teacher, Professional Judgment Panel member, CFE Costing Out study
Luis O. Reyes, Ph.D., Bronx Institute, Lehman College*
Pat Hamlet, SLT member, PTA Recording Secretary of Clara Barton HS, Brooklyn, Vice President of United Parent Association (UPA)*
Dolores Schaefer, Former Chair, Community School Board One
Lupe Rodriguez, Director, Heights Center for Immigrants Advocacy, Inc. After School Program
Maria Jaya-Vega, Co-Director, Cypress Hills Community School / PS 89, D 19, Brooklyn
Charmane Wong, Division Director, Early Childhood Services, Graham-Windham Services
Lester Kaufman, Vice President, Herbert G. Birch Services
Janet Kregler, PTA Co-President of I.S. 5, President of President's Panel for District 24
Robert S. Johnson, Vice President, Presidents Council*, District 2, Manhattan
Sandi Lippe, PTA President, IS 75*, District 31, Staten Island
Carol Foresta, Executive Director, Center for Collaborative Education / Progressive Education Network of New York
Maria Khawaja, P.A President, Grover Cleveland High School*, Queens
Miko Jones, PTA Co-President, P.S. 212, District 2, Manhattan
Adaline Walker/Santiago-Higgins MA, PA President, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
Barbara Scott, co-president, PS290 (Manhattan New School), District 2
Robin Belfer, RFK MS/HS PTA President, District 25, Queens
Julie Weprin, parent PS41, PTA President MS104, District 2, Manhattan
Angela Tsopanidis – Zaharakis, PTA Vice President, PS 122, Queens
Joel Hornstein, Member, Board of Directors, Queens Chapter, Autism Society of America
Josh Karan, More Schools/Smaller Classes Campaign, D6, Manhattan
Bill Rosenthal, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Hunter College*
Patricia T. Warner, PTA President, Louis D. Brandeis High School
Julie Drake, PTA co-president, Midtown West (P.S. 212), D2, Manhattan
Jane Hirschmann, Co-Chair, Time Out From Testing
Linda Osborne, Co-President, PTA P.S. 11, D2
Rachel List, Co-Pres. PTA Children's Workshop School (PS 361)*, District 1, Manhattan
Linda Lam and Lori Pandolfo, Co-Presidents, PA, Stuyvesant HS
Bijou Miller, Co-President, PTA, PS 77, D2, Manhattan
Pat Thompson, Grandparent/Caretaker, D13 and D17, Brooklyn, Parent Advocacy Group for Education*
Rea Rosno, SLT member, PS 295, District 15, member, Women’s President Educational Organization
Tricia Puleo, PTA Treasurer, Leadership Parent Member, PS 58, District 24
Warren Miner, Chair, Martin Luther King Commission's Education Committee*
Alfredo Guirola, Co-President, PTA I.S. 381, District 22, Brooklyn
Diane Saccone Allison, P.A. President, Long Island City High School, teacher P.S. 148, District 30, Queens
Lisa Anderson, parent and PA Communications Secretary, P.S./I.S. 187*, D6
Solomon Panitz, Vice President, PTA, PS 372, Co-President, President’s Council, D15
David Wolfson, parent, School Leadership Team PS 163 *, D3, Manhattan
Heather Strano, PTA President, PS 121, D21, Brooklyn
Joan McCabe, parent, PS 41 and executive board, IS 89, D2 Manhattan
Neil Friedman, UFT Chapter Leader, The School for International Studies, Brooklyn
Martina E. Surrency, parent, PS 384, District 32, Brooklyn, Special Education Parent's Panel
Walter Goodman and Mary Cash, parents, P.S. 124 and Lab Middle School, D2
Teresa Solomita, MS 51, District 15, Brooklyn
Linda Dalton, parent, PTA Treasurer, SLT member, PS 95, D21, Brooklyn
Rocco Rella, MS 51, District 15, Brooklyn
Melanie Nelson, PTA Co-President*, PS 11, District 30, Queens
Maureen Quinn, 1ST VP Parents Association P.S. 194 Dist. 22, Brooklyn, SLT I.S. 14, District 22 Brooklyn
Maha Hussein, 2nd VP, PTA PS 2*, District 30, Queens
Paula Gillen, parent of special education student, P.S. 87, D24, Queens
Lila Deis Lauby, parent, La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts
Lee Levin, PTA Recording Secretary, Clinton School for Writers and Artists, D2
Shellie Sclan, member, School Leadership Team, parent, P.S.75, D3, Manhattan
Marshall Berman, parent, P.S.75, Distinquished Professor, City College
Vivian Farmery, School Leadership Team, School of the Future, District 2 Presidents' Council
Laura Tietjen, parent, PS 163, D3, Manhattan
Margaret Marcy Emerson, parent, Brooklyn New School, Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies
David Bushman, parent, PS 89 and Lab School, District 2, Manhattan
Lisa Bleyer, parent at Brooklyn New School, District 15
Paula Rogovin, author, teacher for 32 years, PS 290, The Manhattan New School, D2
Anthony Romeo and Karen Van Outryve Romeo, parents, IS 89, District 2, Manhattan
Jennifer Plassman, parent, Brooklyn New School and Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, District 15
Michael Weinberg, teacher, Far Rockaway High School, Region 5, Queens
Ellen Bilofsky, PA Recording Secretary*, I.S. 239 Brooklyn, and parent, Stuyvesant HS
Debbie Fine, teacher, PS 79, D 25, Queens
Karen Friedland, parent MS 51, D 15, Brooklyn
Dan H. Sanes, parent, Institute for Collaborative Education, Manhattan
Rosemarie Stupel, parent of child in the Brooklyn New School (P.S. 146), D15
Dan Avallone, parent, Brooklyn Technical High School
Carrie Feinstein, parent, Eleanor Roosevelt HS and PPAS HS, District 2, Manhattan
Alison Liotti, parent, PS116, District 2, Manhattan
Maria & Konstantine Ouranitsas, parents, P.S. 89 & I.S. 89, District 2
Sara Workman, class parent representative, PS/IS 187, District 6, Manhattan
John Lawhead, ICE-UFT, ESL teacher, Brooklyn
Karl F. Lauby, parent, La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts
Maretta Callahan, PS 133 Manhattan School for Children, District 3, Manhattan
Margaret Benczak Porter, parent, MS 158, D26, and member of Queens Advisory Council.
Marva Bhalla, PTA President, MS67, Queens, District 26
Wendy Zeichner, District 2 parent, Brooklyn
Bryna Levin, PTA Officer, Midtown West, P.S. 212, D2
Marian Trupiano, School Leadership Team, David A. Boody Middle School, D21 and former PAC president and CPAC rep. for District 15
Emily O. Alfonso, parent, PS 38, District 15, Brooklyn
Sanja Zgonjanin, CUNY Law School student, parent PS 75, D3, Manhattan
Marion Richman, M.D., parent, PS 163, District 3, Manhattan
Lenny Gold, parent, PS41, District 2, Manhattan
Robin Moore, PS 87, Co-Chairperson, Afterschool Committee, PA Executive Board member
Gail Rodgers Zecker, PA grade rep, School of the Future, District 2, Manhattan
Beth Bernett, School of the Future and P.S. 116, District 2, Manhattan
Erik Wood, School of the Future and P.S. 116, District 2, Manhattan
Diane O'Donnell, parent, Curtis HS, District 31, Staten Island
Yvette Toma, Co 3rd Vice President PTA, Midtown West School (PS212), D2, Manhattan
Karen Mooney, parent, MS 54, District 3, Manhattan and Stuyvesant H.S.
Marie Pollicino, parent, D26, Queens
Miriam (Mimi) Erlich, retired teacher, PS145M, D3, Manhattan
Litonia Harrell, Center for Collaborative Education
Richard Boschen, parent, Institute for Collaborative Education & PS 261, D15, Brooklyn
Nina Musinsky and Jean-Claude Grattery, parents, Beacon High School and P.S. 166, D3
Maggie Fishman, School Leadership Team, The Earth School, D1, and educational consultant
Barbara Barbaria, P.T.A. President, PS 60, District 31, Staten Island
Betsy Combier, President of The E-Accountability Foundation, and Editor, parentadvocates.org
Connie Quinones, PA member, P.S.126, District 2, Manhattan
Tim Fredrick, teacher, Thurgood Marshall Academy, MetLife Fellow, Teachers Leadership Network Institute
Sara and Wayne Kimbell, P.S. 41, District 2, Manhattan
Victoria Dallas-Stephenson, teacher, Muscota New School, PS 314*, District 6, Manhattan,
Mike Kramer, parent, IS 89 and PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Tony Mikolajczyk, parent, PS 146, Brooklyn New School, District 15, Brooklyn
Jill Herlands, class parent, PS 89, D2, Manhattan
Judy O'Brien, parent and educator, District 15, Brooklyn
Jonathan Keller, parent, Earth School, District 1 and La Guardia High School
Kristin Faivre, parent, PS/IS 187 (Hudson Cliffs School) District 6, Manhattan
John Wehba, class treasurer, PS 163, District 3, and Stuyvesant High School
David Bloom, parent, PS 166 and MS 54, District 3, Manhattan
David Ruderman, parent, PS 261, Brooklyn
Veronique Sway, PTA Correspondence Secretary, Children's Workshop School, D1, Manhattan
Melah L. Gindi, parent, HS 605 (Humanities Prep), Manhattan
Molly Delano, NYC Asset Lab Project, YMCA of Greater New York
Wendy Liquet, parent, District 15, Brooklyn
Carmen Liquet, parent , District 15, Brooklyn
Susan Eby, parent, PS 9, District 3, Manhattan
Linda Aizer, SLT member, Corresponding Secretary, School of the Future, D 2, Manhattan
Miles Chapin, resident District 30, SLT member, PTA officer, PS 212, D 2, Manhattan
Gerry Griffin, parent, Children's Workshop School, D1 and Clinton School, D 2, Manhattan.
Elizabeth Scaffidi, parent, MS 104, District 2, Manhattan
Debra Bogosian and Dave Klusendorf, parents, PS 89, District 2, Manhattan
Scott Resnick, Parent, active PTA member, PS 290, District 2, Manhattan
Debra Resnick, Parent, active PTA member, PS 290, District 2, Manhattan
Paula Grande, parent, P.S. 184 M., District 1, Board of Trustees, Shuang Wen Academy Network*, Manhattan
Sam Koprak, parent, Brooklyn New School, PS 146, Dist. 15, Brooklyn
John and Judy Bresnahan, Parents, PS 41*, District 2, Manhattan
Elena Mora, parent, Bronx New School/PS51; Beacon High School, Manhattan
David Mirtz, parent, Bronx New School/PS51, Ironworkers Local 580
Aurelia Roman - Marcovicci, parent, PS 158, District 2, Manhattan
Julie Applebaum, parent, PS 150, Clinton School for Writers and Artists, Manhattan
Eileen Gatti, parent, P.S. 261, D 15, Brooklyn
Donna Meeks, parent, IS 239 D21 and PS 107 D15, Brooklyn
Deborah Saat, parent, PS 89 and MS 104, District 2, Manhattan
Doris Vila, parent, Children's Workshop School, District 1, Manhattan
Karin Gustafson, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan
Simone Weissman & Peter Levitt, parents, PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Joan Seedorff, Teacher & Chapter Leader PS63, Manhattan, D.1; ICE-UFT
Holly Kanfer, parent, PS 158, District 2, Manhattan
Ivan Felipe Obregon, parent at PS 232, Adjunct Instructor of English, Bronx Community College, CUNY
Susanna Moraldi, PTA executive Board Member, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Mark Celentano, parent, PS41, District 2, Manhattan
Jean Weille, parent, P.S. 333, District 3, Manhattan
Fredda Rosen, parent, PS 87, District 3, Manhattan
Teri and Lee Schlesinger, parents, PS 209 Q, IS 227 Q and "The Child School," special-ed non-public school, Region 9, Queens
Jerry Wechsler and Seok-Soon Kim, parents, Beacon High School, Manhattan
Christiane Pors-Sadoff, parent, School of the Future, District 2, Manhattan
Autumn Lucas, Parent, BASE HS, District 17, Brooklyn
Marilyn M. Levin, retired teacher, District 1, Manhattan
Christina Lopez, parent, Childrens Workshop, District 1, Manhattan
Kathe Jervis, Coordinator, Columbia Urban Educators*
Pamela Champine & David Simonetti, parents, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Dr. Maria Diaz, retired, New York City Department of Education
Alexandra Leaf, class parent, PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Michele Burger, parent, The Beacon School, Manhattan
Robert Schwartz, parent, PS 75, District 3, Manhattan
Steve Siegelbaum, Progressive Education Network of New York
Debra Mayo, parent, Stuyvesant HS and MS67, D 26, Queens
Irma E. Robinson, Grandparent/Guardian, P.S./I.S. 308, D16, Brooklyn
Mrs. Marcia Scher, parent, P.S. /I.S.187, teacher I.S. 52, D6, Manhattan
Robert Schwab, parent, PS 311, District 6, Manhattan
Laura Shapiro, Teacher, Education Faculty, Goddard College
Donnie Rotkin, teacher, Central Park East 1 Elementary School, District 4, Manhattan
Anne Shonbrun, parent, PS 230, District 15, Brooklyn
Mary Munkwitz, teacher in Region 3, Queens
Marisol Jagessar, parent, Institute for Collaborative Education, Manhattan
Clotilde Eccardi, Parent, IS 347, District 32, Brooklyn
Phylis Katz, parent, Baruch Middle School, D2, Manhattan
Myra Alperson, parent, PS 75, D3, teacher, Central Park East Middle School
Gayle Raskin, parent, Nest + M, D1, Lab School, D 2, Manhattan
Lisa Randleman, parent, School Leadership Team member, PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Roberta Ferdschneider, parent, PS130, D2, Manhattan
Bonnie Maitenaz, parent, PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Robert Schwab, parent, PS 311, District 6, Manhattan
Lorraine Levey, parent, P.S. 183, District 2, Manhattan
Priscilla Marco, parent, Curtis High School, Staten Island
Jeanne Johnson, PTA Co-President , I.S.51, District 31, Staten Island
Jennifer Montalvo, Esq., parent, former SLT member and PTA Secretary, P.S. 234, District 30, Queens
Judi A Ventress, parent, PS 11, D2, Manhattan, and substitute teacher
Daria Witt, teacher, Brooklyn International High School*
Lori Bores, Corresponding Secretary, PTA, PS 6, D2 and Hunter College High School PTA*
Ronnie Malandrakis, parent, Stuyvesant H.S., Manhattan
Kiki Panos-Sperazza, parent, PS 84, PTA and School Leadership member, PS/IS 122, D30, Queens
Rolando Bini, Executive Director, Parents in Action
Randy Wagman, parent of special education student, IS 61 and general education student, PS 69, Staten Island
Diana Heusel, PTA Treasurer, P.S. 121, District 21, Brooklyn
Ayun Halliday, PS 261 parent, D 15, Brooklyn
Andrea Lomanto, parent, Institute for Collaborative Education, Manhattan
Susan Lake, PTA President, PS 16, District 31, Staten Island
Lavinia Galatis, parent PS 122, District 30, Queens
Roy R. Pellicano, Ed.D, Associate Professor of Secondary Education, St. Joseph's College of New York/Suffolk Campus*
Kori Goldberg, Kindergarten teacher in P.S. 146*, District 8, Bronx
Ellen Pundyk, parent, Mott Hall II Middle School, D3, Manhattan
Jon Moscow, Managing Partner, Sterner-Moscow Partnership
Annette Evans, parent, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Barbara Motter, co-corresponding secretary, PTA Midtown West (P.S. 212)*, D2, Manhattan
Kim Motter, co-corresponding secretary, PTA Midtown West (P.S. 212)*, D2, Manhattan
Sandra Callahan, parent, The Children's School and UFT Chapter Leader, PS.154, District 15
C. Diane Nathaniel, Paralegal, General Counsels Office, NYC Department of Design and Construction
Mary Adams, MSW, Program Director, Good Shepherd Services
Susie Buhler, parent, PS41M, D 2, Manhattan
Hollis Kegg, parent, P.S. 9, D3, Manhattan
Lewis Knox, parent, P.S. 9, D3, Manhattan
Yvonne Spivack, parent, School of the Future and Institute for Collaborative Education
Anthony Gray, parent, PS 2*, District 30, Queens
Marie Corleone, Parent, PS 212, District 21, Brooklyn
Lauren Halky, PTA vice president, the Computer School, District 3, Manhattan
Cara Jacofsky, 6th grade teacher, Public School 107, District 25, Queens
Marcelle M. Dinnall, PTA President, PS 134, District 29, Queens
Lucia St Denis, PTA Co-President, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, District 85
James Baker Jr., parent, Thurgood Marshall Academy, Manhattan
Anita O'Brien, parent, former PTA executive board member, PS234Q, Louis Armstrong Middle School, District 30, Queens
Anne Whitehouse, parent, Hunter College high school, Manhattan
Joseph Kessler, teacher, UFT chapter leader, PS107 Dist.25, Queens
Margaret J. Brooks-Brown, parent, PS.273 & Community & Parents Headstart, District 19, Brooklyn
Lori Goldberg, PTA Recording Secretary, School Leadership Team, PS 165, D25, Queens
Dawn Boccia, parent, I.S. 119, District 24, Queens
Michael & Diane Patis, parents, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Donna Ayala, recording secretary, PTA, PS 2*, District 30, Queens
Maha Hussein, 2nd VP, PTA PS 2*, District 30, Queens
Anthony Gray, parent, PS 2*, District 30, Queens
Teresa Gaglia, parent, P.S. 56, District 31, Staten Island
Alan Weinberg, parent, P.S. 174, District 28, Queens
Madeline Morales, PTA Co-President at Edwin Markham I.S. 51, District 31, Staten Island
David Demnitz, parent, PS 6, District 2, member, New York State United Teachers and teacher in Dobbs Ferry, NY
Susan Feinblatt, parent, Lehman HS, former PTA Treasurer at MS 172, district 26, Queens
Donald Scarl, President, Coalition for Glen Cove*, Glen Cove, NY
Natalie Lardner, parent, PS 183, PTA Co-President, Eleanor Roosevelt High School*, D2, Manhattan
Lydia Bueso-Roman, parent, Louis Armstrong school and Frank Sinatra HS, PA member, P.S.2, D30, Queens
Charlotte Robinson, Parent, Institute for Collaborative Education, District 2
Mellen O'Keefe, parent, The Children's School and MS 51, D15, Brooklyn
Daisy Yue, parent, IS 25, District 25, Queens
Michele Richard, parent, The Clinton School for Writers and Artists, D2, Manhattan
Kerryann Greene, Administrative Assistant, CEC District13, Brooklyn
Celest Colon, Administrative Assistant, CEC District 10*
Andre Pabon, M.S.W. Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City(*), BTHS Graduate Class of '83 in Support of the Committee and the Association of NYC Education Councils
Fran Streich, parent MS 51 and Edward R Murrow HS, Brooklyn
Jon Forster, First Vice President, Local 375 Civil Service Technical Guild*
Mary & Raul Nassar, BTHS Graduate, Class of '83 in Support of the Committee and the Association of NYC Education Councils
Patricia J. Safina, Administrative Assistant, Community Education Council for District 24*
Dee Alpert, Publisher, specialeducationmuckraker.com
Dayna Bealy, parent, MS 442 (New Horizons MS), and Edward R. Murrow HS, Brooklyn
Karen Koenig, parent, PTA member, John Bowne High School, Queens
Joan McCabe, class parent, PS41, Communications Committee Chair, Executive Board, IS 89, D2, Manhattan
Elba Cabrera, interested citizen, Coop City, Bronx
Susan Hyacinth, parent PS 261, D15
Josephine Wan, parent, NYC Lab School, District 2, Manhattan
Georgette Pezzolanti, parent, District 21, Brooklyn
Jean Anyon, CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in Urban Education
Susan Crawford, parent, District 3, founder, The Right to Read Project
Claudia Zaslavsky, retired teacher, Manhattan
Catherine Teegarden, parent, SLT member, PS 107, District 15, Brooklyn
Ellen Devens, parent, District 3, Manhattan
Patricia Rohrer, parent, PS 3, District 2, Manhattan
Doris Ayala, MSW, parent of two former students of ICE, Lower East Side resident
John Fager, teacher, City As School High School, Manhattan
Helen Tsagalas, PTA President of P.S.84, District 30, Queens
Mirna Reyes, PA President, I.S. 528 District 6, Manhattan
Belkis Morales-Bermeo, PTA Former President P.S. 199, District 24, Queens
Rick Porter, parent M.S. 158, District 26, Queens
Maria Munoz-Martel, parent PS 116, District 2, Manhattan
Roberto Gamarra, PhD, parent PS 116, District 2, Manhattan
Daniel Millstone, parent, Wagner MS 167, District 2, Manhattan
Cathy Einhorn, parent, district 15, Manhattan
Terri Hall, Title I Reading Teacher, Bureau of NonPublic Schools, New York City
Lucia Stern, The School at Columbia University, formerly, parent, P.S. 163, D3 and P.S. 77, D2
Alice Alcala, Parent, MS 51, William Alexander Middle School, Brooklyn
Linda S. Royal, PS 290 Manhattan New School, District 2
Lynn Kaplan, PS 39, District 15, Brooklyn
Sally Ramirez, parent, P.S 60R, District 31, Staten Island
Ann M. Chitwood, Co-President LilyGild, business owner and former teacher
Jennifer Krueger, parent, Manhattan New School PS 290
John Piccarella & Kathy Malcomson, parents, PS150, D 30, Queens & Hunter College HS
Kay Zias, Parent, PS 116, District 2, Manhattan
Carmen Carranza, PA President, PS69, District 30, Queens
Suzanne Potashnick, parent, PA member, LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts Music & Art, Manhattan
Lizabeth Pardo, parent, East Village Community School, special education attorney, Sinergia
Jodi F. Yellen, Manhattan New School, District 2, Manhattan
Jane Ludlam, Parent, P.S. 150, District 2, Manhattan
Jo Anne Simon, District Leader & New York State Committeewoman, 52nd Assembly District, Brooklyn
Victoria Sando, parent, PTA Executive Board Member, PS41, District 2
Liz and Dimitri Papadopoulos, parents, NEST+m, District 1, Manhattan
Phal Vaughter, Parent, PS 161, District 17, Brooklyn
Sylvia Rodriguez Case, PS 199, District 3, Manhattan
Claire Bienen, parent, PS 290*, District 2, Manhattan
Kiki Prentzas, Parent, P.T.A. President of P.S. 234, District 30, Queens
Jennifer Carey, parent, Brooklyn New School and Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, D15, Secretary/Friends of BNS/BCS
Margaret Allyn, Parent at P.S. 162 and M.S. 158, District 26, Queens
Anita Joyner-Taylor, grandparent, District 19, Queens
Didi M. Skaff, parent P.S. 11, District 2, Manhattan
Maisie McAdoo, parent, Beacon High School, Manhattan
Timothy Bascom, parent, PS 41, MS 106, District 2, Manhattan
Sally and Daniel Johnnes, parents, M.S. 51, D 15, Brooklyn
Sue Bent, co-President PS 77, D2, teacher, D4, Manhattan
Valerie Jean Kizon, 1st Vice President, PTA David A. Boody School, District 21, Brooklyn
Diana O'Brien, parent, District 2, Manhattan
Lila Deis, parent, La Guardia High School, Manhattan
Kelley Quan, parent, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Christopher A. Jones, parent, Ronald Edmonds Learning Center (MS 113), District 13, Brooklyn
Tamara Rowe, PS3 EC Co-President, District 2, Manhattan
Leah Margulies, parent, Manhattan East School for Arts and Academics, District 4
Carmen Jimenez, PTA secretary PS 148, D30, Queens
Susan L. Sypniewski, PTA Corresponding Secretary, SLT Member, P. S. 58, D 24, Queens
Denise Cesare, Teacher/Special Educator, parent member, School Leadership Team, Executive Board Member PTA, PS53, D31, Staten Island
Nicole Johnson, PTA Co-President, The Clinton School for Writers and Artists, District 2, Manhattan
Sara Carlson Sternglass, PTA president, PS 38, D 15, parent, IS 89, D 21, Brooklyn, and LaGuardia HS, Manhattan
Ann Whyte, parent, PS 29, District 25, Queens
Patricia Fondrie, parent, District 3, Manhattan
Kimberly Pirro, PTA Treasurer, PS152, D30, Queens
Richard Barr, V.P. for Political Action, District 3 Presidents' Council*
Eileen Broderick Patsurakis, PTA member, PS 148, District 30; PTA member, Benjamin Cardozo High School, Queens; NYC and NY State taxpayer
John Perez, NYC Employee, NYS Taxpayer, parent, Walden Elementary school, Orange County, NY
Michele Herman, PTA officer PS3, parent, parent IS89, District 2
Manuel Wally, PhD, parent, district 2
Michelle Diaz, parent, P.S. 38, Brooklyn, District 15
Shino Tanikawa, Co-President, School Community Council of PS3 (PTA), D2, Manhattan
Darlene Patterson, parent, P.S. 166, D3, Manhattan
Amy Saunders, parent, PS 41, D2, Manhattan
Isaac Carmignani, Co-President, PA, PS 122, District 30, Queens
Mariana Verkerk-Joseph, parent, PS 41, District 2, Manhattan
Granville Leo Stevens, parent, SLT member, MS 104*, D2
Marit Larson parent, PS 166, District 3, Manhattan
Deborah Walker-Dudley, East Harlem Collaborative for Community Education D4, Parent - TYWLS, Isaac Newton M.S. & Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics HS, D4