Sentences with phrase «co-located public school space»

Independent charters are particularly desperate for facilities funding, while large charters — mostly sited in co-located public school space — are focusing on increasing the amount of public money each charter school student receives.

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Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The city would be required to first look for space in regular public schools where new charters — or those wishing to expand — could be co-located.

Current legislation guarantees new or growing charters co-located space in public school buildings or, failing that, private space funded by the city.

Mayor Bloomberg provides the charters co-located in public schools with free space.

Second, she argues that removing charter schools from co-locating in public school buildings will also help free up space for de Blasio's proposed pre-kindergarten initiative.

The city will start growing again, and the district at that point will have to start shoving the co-located charters off our school district property because we need the space for our public school population,» he said, also noting the legal challenges involved in trying that.

Over the course of the mayoral race, if you listened to the candidates discuss public education, one of the most pressing issues facing our education system today is whether schools should be able to share space, or co-locate, in public school buildings.

New N.Y.C. Mayor Rescinds Co-Location Agreement With Some Charters New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is backtracking on existing agreements that allow several charter schools to share space (or co-locate) in the same buildings with regular public schools in the city.