He added he hopes to see the Republican run for another office,
perhaps on the city school board.
Not exact matches
Grant has
perhaps the most unique resume in local politics: member of the Legislature, the Common Council and Buffalo
School Board, as well as Buffalo mayoral candidate and co-owner of Grant Variety Shoppe
on the
city's East Side.
Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio over space issues for her charter
schools on Thursday by casting doubt
on his worthiness to maintain mayoral control of the
city's
schools,
perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.
Some
schools in inner
city areas might be able to go
on school trips, but
perhaps not to the beach as it may be too far to travel or outside the
school's budget.
And,
perhaps most troubling of all, county and
city schools, since 2008, have had no more than 31 percent and 47 percent, respectively, of students scoring at or above grade level
on statewide testing.
But the lessons of Los Angeles and other big
cities where corporatization once reigned show
perhaps a more profound strain of American education localism based
on largely independent citizen
school boards and voters resisting federalization and private interests.
Many opposing the bond instead favor building another middle
school in Park
City proper —
perhaps on the site of Treasure Mountain Junior High, which is slated for demolition — Ziesler said.