Daily News: January 16, 2012 6:04 PM
Bloomberg And His Ed Plan Booed At MLK Event
Mayor Bloomberg got booed and heckled as he made the rounds at African-American groups touting his new education initiatives.
Our Monahan, Cunningham and Blau report:
At the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hizzoner was jeered Monday as he introduced Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, highlighting his administration’s successes with education policy.
“The civil rights movement transformed America for the better, and now it is up [to us] to continue the work, especially in education, Every day for the past ten years, improving the city schools has been hands-down my number one priority, and it’s going to remain my priority,” he said, receiving boos from the crowd and even calls of “You suck!” from protesters critical of the mayor’s policy of closing schools.
Later in the day, Bloomberg was met with more of the same.
His face flushed red when he was heckled by a Harlem crowd after being introduced by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Our Monahan, Cunningham and Blau report:At the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hizzoner was jeered Monday as he introduced Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, highlighting his administration’s successes with education policy.
“The civil rights movement transformed America for the better, and now it is up [to us] to continue the work, especially in education, Every day for the past ten years, improving the city schools has been hands-down my number one priority, and it’s going to remain my priority,” he said, receiving boos from the crowd and even calls of “You suck!” from protesters critical of the mayor’s policy of closing schools.
Later in the day, Bloomberg was met with more of the same.
His face flushed red when he was heckled by a Harlem crowd after being introduced by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
BAM PROTEST
Dear Parents and Students,
On Monday January 16, 2012, Chancellor Dennis Walcott will be the keynote speaker at BAM's Martin Luther King's Day Celebration. The parents and students from Satellite lll and the Academy for Business and Community Development (ABCD) have decided to come together and have a protest around school closings outside of BAM.
We are inviting you to join forces with the parents and community from Sat lll and ABCD in order to let Chancellor Dennis Walcott know that, just as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for quality education for all children, we as parents and students will do the same.
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Both Bloomberg and Walcott were royally booed and walked out on by many at BAM today.
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