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Resolution for CECs & community groups on need for DOE to lower class size in compliance with the law

Below is a draft resolution for CECs and other community and advocacy organizations to consider passing, urging the DOE to adopt the recommendations in the report of the Class Size Working Group and begin to lower class size in compliance with the class size law. So far,  resolutions urging the DOE to implement plans to […]

December 15, 2023 in Campaigns, Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Join us Monday Nov. 27 to hear about the Class Size Law and what DOE should be doing to comply!

Please join us Monday at 7 PM for a meeting on the new class size, what DOE should be doing but it not, and how parents, teachers & others can help ensure they comply with the law. Co-sponsored by Class Size Matters, AQE & NYC Kids PAC.  Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_35N9V6UDSyudBBXFNxXo0A#/registration

November 25, 2023 in Events, Uncategorized by

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Make your voice heard on class size and ed tech!

Sept. 17, 2023 A quick but important update on important meetings happening this week and next: 1. Save these dates on class size! The Class Size Working Group that was appointed by the Chancellor to help develop a plan to lower class size citywide in accordance with the new state law is holding public engagement […]

September 19, 2023 in Campaigns, Newsletters by

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Make your voice heard: how should the DOE be reducing class size?

  The Class Size Working Group appointed by the Chancellor to help develop a plan to lower class size citywide in accordance with the new state law is holding public engagement sessions online and in person starting next week to present their preliminary proposals and get feedback:   Tuesday, September 26th – 5- 7:30pm online […]

September 18, 2023 in Take Action, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Our 2023 Parent Action Conference was a great success! 

On Saturday, June 10th we had a great Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with NYC Kids Pac. Many committed parent and teacher activists met via Zoom. We began the conference with powerful remarks from Council Member Alexa Avilés about her decision as a PTA co-president to run for office, and what the biggest challenges she faced […]

June 22, 2023 in Events, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Send a message now to City Council: please don’t cut school budgets or the capital plan!

June 14, 2023 Our annual Parent Action Conference on Saturday was a great success, and we will have follow-up information soon with links to some of the presentations and videos. One of the issues we covered was the looming budget cuts to schools. Though the DOE says that schools’ initial school funding for next year […]

June 15, 2023 in Campaigns, Letter Campaigns, Newsletters, Take Action by

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Our Annual Parent Conference on Saturday will now be remote – sign up today!!

Because of the poor air quality, we have decided to move our Annual Parent Conference online — scheduled for this Saturday June 1 . We’re sorry that we can’t meet you all in person for the first time since 2019, but it’s not worth risking your health. The new link to RSVP is here. The […]

June 8, 2023 in Events, Newsletters by

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CSM, NYC Kids PAC, CPAC and AQE budget priorities for FY 2024

These  budget priorities can be downloaded in English or in Spanish here.   Class Size Matters/NYC Kids PAC/CPAC/AQE Budget Priorities for FY 2024 Updated May 31, 2023 The Mayor and City Council should prevent any further cuts to schools, and instead restore the budget cuts made to schools in this year’s budget. The DOE says […]

June 4, 2023 in Campaigns, Reports & Memos by

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Call Albany today! Tell your legislators no more charters, zombie or otherwise!

April 25, 2023 It’s crunch time for the budget. We are now getting word from insiders that a budget deal may be finalized soon that would include allowing 22 more “zombie” charter schools above the cap, the number of charters which closed or never opened, which could turn into 66 more charters, due to a […]

April 25, 2023 in Campaigns, Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Budget priorities for FY 2024: Urge the City Council to restore the savage cuts made to school budgets this year

Our  education budget priorities for next year, FY 2024, along with Alliance for Quality Education, NYC Kids PAC and the Chancellor’s Parent  Advisory Council are here and below . They are focused on the need for schools to have their budgets restored and the cuts made this year reversed, and for the capital plan for […]

March 13, 2023 in Campaigns, Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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