Sentences with phrase «city parents rallying»

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As the rally for Occupy Steubenville took place at the city town hall, a smaller gathering organized by concerned parents for the youth of Steubenville took place at Jim Woods Park.

At a City Hall rally, de Blasio claimed he's done everything he can to accommodate charters and offered to «sit down anytime, anywhere» for «a constructive dialogue about how we can work with charter schools and with parents who are in charter schools.»

Public school parents and other advocates rallied on the steps of City Hall on Thurs., Dec. 7 to call on the city to increase the level oCity Hall on Thurs., Dec. 7 to call on the city to increase the level ocity to increase the level of...

At 9 a.m., hundreds of charter school parents from Brooklyn join state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. and other Brooklyn community leaders at a rally to celebrate the impact of charter schools on Brooklyn's communities, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

A New York City Housing Authority tenant leader also attacked Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, the wife of an investment banker, for leading school children in a cheer claiming their parents could afford the fee at a recent rally in support of the proposal.

Meanwhile, a small group of parents rallied on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon to decry the weaponry surge.

«It's incredibly important that as the city weighs a number of important decisions over the next weeks and months about failing schools that parents» voices are heard today,» Jeremiah Kittredge, the executive director of F.E.S., said during a press conference following the rally.

New York, NY — More than 500 district school parents rallied outside City Hall today to demand answers from Mayor de Blasio about the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR).

At a rally with parents on the steps of City Hall on Thursday, Ms. Moskowitz urged the city to make space available for the new schools, and suggested that Success Academy families would go on a hunger strike if necessCity Hall on Thursday, Ms. Moskowitz urged the city to make space available for the new schools, and suggested that Success Academy families would go on a hunger strike if necesscity to make space available for the new schools, and suggested that Success Academy families would go on a hunger strike if necessary.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic joins Townsend Harris High School students, alumni, parents, teachers and others at a rally against acting Principal Rosemarie Jahoda and her candidacy in the C - 30 process to choose the next principal, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 1 p.m. New York City Council members Mathieu Eugene and Margaret Chin, advocates, summer program staff, impacted children and parents hold rally to save summer programs for 31,000 NYC children, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At noon, children, parents, educators and elected officials rally at City Hall to stop cuts in the executive budget and make children a priority, Manhattan.

At 11:45 a.m., clergy members join students, parents and education advocates to rally for a Moral Monday event to call on the state to provide Schenectady City Schools with adequate funding, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

It was a cross between football pep rally and awards ceremony yesterday as the South Park High School Sparks — the first Buffalo public school to win a state football championship — were feted in City Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and their cCity Hall for bringing pride to their school, their parents and their citycity.

Parker Khan, a third grader from the Bronx, at a City Hall rally with StudentsFirstNY and public school parents.

The video features State Assemblyman Karim Camara, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy, StudentsFirstNY parent advocates, and NYCAN Executive Director Derrell Bradford who spoke at a rally of 400 district public school parents in support of the Governor last week.

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer said at Tuesday's rally against Harlem Success Academy that she would «strangle» any parents that pull their children out of P.S. 75 and move them into a charter school, the New York Post reported.

Several hundred parents, largely from district schools around the city and almost exclusively black, attended the rally at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, where Assemblyman and future Cuomo official Karim Camara and City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. spcity and almost exclusively black, attended the rally at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, where Assemblyman and future Cuomo official Karim Camara and City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. spCity Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. spoke.

Two rallies were held in New York City this fall; one for students and parents, the other for teachers.

Ahead of the hearing, a crowd of lawmakers, parents, union leaders and even «Third Rock from the Sun «d actress Kristen Johnston rallied outside of City Hall to voice their opposition to the cuts.

On Tuesday, Families for Excellent Schools held a rally at City Hall with charter school parents calling for two charter school co-location lawsuits to be dropped.

On Tuesday, Families for Excellent Schools held a rally at City Hall with charter school parents calling for these lawsuits to be dropped.

On the same day that Gov. David Paterson announced that this year's state budget deficit is growing and could reach $ 3 billion, the UFT joined education, labor, parent and community groups at a Sept. 23 rally on the City Hall steps to try to head off midyear cuts to schools.

The UFT joined education, labor, parent and community groups at a Sept. 23 rally on the City Hall steps to try to head off midyear cuts to schools.

Charter operator Eva Moskowitz closed her schools on Tuesday and ordered students, parents and staff to attend a City Hall demonstration that UFT President Michael Mulgrew called «a thinly disguised campaign rally.»

Thousands of parents, union leaders and teachers rallied at almost 200 city schools Thursday against Gov. Cuomo's proposed education reforms.

With 15,000 parents, students, and educators at Cadman Plaza, Wednesday's rally to end educational inequality in New York City — rescheduled from September 30 after reports of lightning — is expected to have as many, if not more, in attendance.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

In an impressive display of unity and grassroots outrage, several thousand UFT members, parents and students came out on May 5 at four simultaneous rallies across the city to say no to teacher layoffs and child care cuts.

When the local press reported that Edison was expected to assume management of many of the city's schools, the local teachers union mobilized in opposition, and groups of parent and student activists held rallies throughout the city.

The UFT has focused its attacks on charters founded by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, who on Tuesday closed the nearly two dozen schools in her network to let students and parents attend the rally.

Charter parents and supporters rallied at City Hall to demand Mayor de Blasio allow charter schools to expand.

New York, NY — More than 500 district school parents rallied outside City Hall today to demand answers from Mayor de Blasio about the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR).

In the middle of the rally, Mayor de Blasio exited City Hall, but instead of responding to the 500 parents» call for details about the ATR, he never broke stride.

Media contact: Jason Mandell 213-500-9142 [email protected] MEDIA ADVISORY Tonight: Charter School Parents, Students & Teachers to Rally at Richmond City Council 50 charter supporters will demand that leaders share «Richmond Promise» funding with all public school students September 29, 2015...

Leading the spending spree was the New York - based entity that calls itself, «Families for Excellent Schools, Inc.» This is the group that bussed in parents and students from as far away as New York City and Boston to hold a rally at the Connecticut State Capitol demanding more money for the privately owned charter schools.

Families for Excellent Schools is the corporate funded, New York based, charter school industry lobbying group that bused in students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston, last year, to attend a rally in support of Governor Dannel Malloy's effort to divert even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's privately owned and operated charter schools.

Two rallies were held in New York City this fall; one for students and parents, the other for teachers.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

The group was also the lead sponsored of a pro-charter school rally in which they bussed in parents and students from charter schools as far away as New York City and Boston.

This week, more than 25,000 parents, students, educators and advocates attended a rally in Brooklyn's Prospect Park calling for an expansion of the city's charter schools.