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Eva spends $1.5 million to pump up phony demand for her schools and then ends up with public school buildings built with public funding.
They are organizing planes, trains and automobiles to send people from Harlem to tell people in Brooklyn why they need Success charter schools - at a meeting being held in Queens.
Here is an email I received from someone based in an HSA school on how they are organizing:
A conversation I overheard this morning between two HSA parents. They were talking about getting parents to attend the PEP mtg. One was explaining her reasoning (and I paraphrase): we need to go to this mtg to explain that our children need space. These other parents don't understand. They think we are after their space. We are not. It would be easier if the DOE just explained to or told these parents that their school was closing so they would not think we are taking their space. They would know that it is simply space available that we need/can have.
Interesting! Wonder what eve know about doe plans to close schools before the public knows? Or will they continue their MO of closing them for her..... Clearly the brainwashing of parents is continuing in lieu of the truth being told....
See a short 3 minute video from the press conference that took place on
Thursday outside of Eva Moskowitz's Success Charter School Offices in
Harlem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Recent Brooklyn Rail piece on D15 Co-location by Liza Featherstone:
http://www.brooklynrail.org/
http://www.brooklynrail.org/
Here's a report of Cornel West visit to a school targeted by HSA from DNA info.
http://www.dnainfo.com/
http://www.dnainfo.com/
From Occupy DOE:
The Panel for Educational Puppets (sorry,
Policy!) is meeting this Wednesday at 6PM at Newtown High School in
Queens to decide on a number of charter co-locations into existing
public schools. Occupy the DOE believes that the PEP is illegitimate,
undemocratic and should not be empowered to make decisions affecting
public school students, parents and workers. Occupy the DOE also
believes that charter co-locations create "separate and unequal"
educational institutions in this city. We believe in equal public
education for ALL students.
The Department of Education is literally RUNNING SCARED and
undemocratically switched the December PEP meeting from Manhattan to
Queens, despite the fact that no Queens schools are being discussed. The
DOE also recently set up new permitting laws for any political activity
happening on their steps, forced participants in the October PEP to
submit comment cards instead of allowing parents real voices in the
meeting (don't worry, we shut it down!),
and at the November PEP, gave out headphones to audience members to
make sure participants could shut out the terrifying sound of
democracy.
What will they do next? What will WE do next?
We need YOU to OCCUPY the PEP this Wednesday!
Be there by 5:30PM, we don't want to start the meeting without you...
GETTING THERE
1. The Panel for Educational Puppets will take place in the auditorium of Newtown High School, 48-01 90th Street, Queens, NY, 11373.
2. Get on the BUS! Occupy
the DOE requested that the UFT provide buses to those from Brooklyn who
would like to attend. They will leave at 4PM from UFT Brooklyn
Headquarters on 335 Adams Street. You can get on this bus by filling out
this form. There will also be buses leaving from District 15. Email misskellz@gmail.com for more information.
3. . Drive there! If you have extra room in your car, that means you have space to bring friends, coworkers, kids...
4. Find subway directions here.
WHAT TO BRING
1. Your voice! Everyone
should plan to sign-up when entering to speak your mind. If you think
the allotted 2 minutes isn't enough, we encourage you to use the
people's microphone to continue speaking.
2. Signs, banners, photographs! The PEP may not care about our voice but the people do! Lets let the PEP know how outnumbered they really are.
3. A sock (yep, you read that right, A SOCK!)
WHAT ELSE...
1. Look for educational opportunities before, after and during the meeting. Email e.h.bell@gmail.com if you are interested in doing a testimonial about why you are at the PEP. We will do our best to compile these.
2. This will be one of many occupations of the PEP.
If you would like to be part of the planning of these in the future,
please come to Occupy the DOE meetings every Sunday @3PM at 60 Wall
Street. Next week we will be discussing how to stop the proposed school
closings. Join us!
Where are the district 15 buses leaving from?
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