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10,000 Flood City Hall to Demand Restoring Ed Budget Cuts by Michael Hirsch - United Federation of Teachers |
| Published: April 2, 2008, 2:40 am |
| Tags: cpac, joel klein, alliance for quality education, schools, randi weingarten, budget cuts, education, nyc council, mayor bloomberg, uft, nys assembly, dmq, nyc department of education |
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Read original...More than 10,000 teachers, principals, parents, students and elected officials braved a soaking rain on March 19 to rally outside City Hall to protest $800 million in budget cuts threatening New York City public schools.Stretching from a stage at the foot of City Hall Park to three blocks north of Chambers Street was a sea of waterproof green painter hats worn by the fired-up protesters. On the hats were the words Keep the Promises, the name of the coalition that organized the rally and a reference to the demand that city and state government rescind current budget cuts and restore promised funds for the coming school year.The rain, sometimes blowing horizontally, only made those in the crowd more angry as they cheered speaker after speaker who charged that the cuts would doom efforts to win smaller class sizes and put the quality of schools at risk. Teachers Joielynn Rugg and Laura Rainer were among the 44 educators [ Full article ] |
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