| Leonie Haimson of ClassSizeMatters calls on NYC parents and concerned citizens to attend public hearings about allocation of money. Starting Tues.of this week, the NYC DOE will hold hearings in each borough on the use of more than $500 million in state Contracts for Excellence funds -- which, according to stateaccording to state law, is supposed to include a plan to reduce class size. Class sizes in the early grades are the largest in 15 years, despite the fact that smaller classes are the top priority of parents in the DOE's own surveys, and the constitutional right of NYC students, according to the state's highest court. instead of allocating specific dollars for this purpose, the DOE has left it up to principals to decide which among five programs they would like to spend these funds. To make things worse, in an Orwellian bit of doublespeak, the DOE will allow principals to spend the |
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