Protest charter co-locations – United Federation of Teachers

The charter lobby is flexing its muscles again. Eva Moskowitz, Success Academys rapacious chief executive, is trying to elbow her way into yet more district schools.Read the UFT's editorial on charter school co-locations.

UFT members, principals, politicians and public school families from District 11 in the northeast Bronx rallied outside the Richard R. Green Campus on Jan. 19 to protest the DOEs proposal to co-locate a Success Academy charter school in a building that houses two middle schools. Its among a number of angry protests by school communities this year against an effort by Eva Moskowitz and her Success Academy corporate charter school chain to elbow their way into school buildings in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

Members of the public are invited to comment before the citywide Panel on Educational Policy votes on these proposed co-locations. Show up early if you want to speak.

The PEP meeting on the Success Academy co-locations in the Bronx will be held at William Taft HS Educational Complex (240 East 172 St.) on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.You can also join the meeting remotely.

The PEP meeting on the proposed Success Academy co-locations in southeastern Queens is scheduled at Long Island City HS (14-30 Broadway) on Tuesday, Jan, 24 at 6 p.m. You can also join the meeting remotely.

Here is the original post:

Protest charter co-locations - United Federation of Teachers