Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.
Nearly 3,200 of the city’s planned layoffs are occurring in Manhattan.
On Tues., June 21, parent volunteers called thousands of fellow parents across the five boroughs, calling on them to register their opposition to the cuts with 3-1-1.
“The parents of this city are speaking loudly if City Hall is willing to listen,” said de Blasio. “Classroom teachers — not technology, not consultants, not office furniture — are parents’ number-one priority in education.”
