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.
Plaid Cymru, Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians demanded this funding be made available
solely from central government in addition to the block grant already paid to the Welsh Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for Wales
on Sunday newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a
single -
issue candidate demanding «Match Funding now».