Contact: Leonie Haimson; 917-435-9329; leonieh
Martha Ayon; 718-213-1550; marthaayon
MEDIA ADVISORY
NYC parents, kids, advocates, union members and elected officials will rally for smaller classes
WHAT: Parents,
students, advocates, elected officials and union members will gather to
urge the NYC Department of Education and the Mayor to allocate specific
funding in next year's budget towards reducing class size.
WHO: The
rally is co-sponsored by Class Size Matters, NYC Kids PAC, the UFT,
Local 372, the CSA, the Education Council Consortium, and many other
parent and advocacy organizations.
WHERE: Steps of City Hall in Lower Manhattan
WHY: Although
the state’s highest court concluded in 2003 that NYC public school
classes were too large to provide students with their constitutional
right to a sound basic education, class sizes have sharply increased
since then, especially in the early grades. More than 336,000 students
were in classes of 30 or more this fall. Reducing
class size is also among the top priorities of parents on the NYC
Department of Education’s surveys every year. Yet the Mayor has
allocated no city funding to reduce class size during his
administration.
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