Letter to the Editor - Wants Action On Schools - Queens Gazette

Published: May 23, 2008, 3:40 pm

Tags: dennis walcott, budget cuts, nyc council, joel klein, paterson, schools, mayor bloomberg, dmq

Read original...To The Editor: I hope that everyone involved with our public schools has enjoyed the "Spring Break" with their children and families. It is presently time for a clarion call to action. Now that our children have returned to school, it is imperative that we turn our attention to working together diligently to stop the potentially devastating education budget cuts that lame-duck Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed in next year's New York City budget. The shortsightedness of Mayor Bloomberg is shameful at best. It's hard to believe that he and his staff (Deputy Mayor [Dennis] Walcott and [Schools] Chancellor [Joel] Klein) feel it is in the best interests of our city to shortchange the educations of our children, especially in this era of job and market competition on a global scale. One budget cut I would propose is that the DOE reduce their over-bloated press/public relations department (over 15 employees making over $150,000) which is used to spin the truth and

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