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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 250-12
June 29, 2012

STATEMENT OF MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR DENNIS M. WALCOTT ON RULING ON CITY PLAN TO REPLACE INEFFECTIVE TEACHERS AT 24 FAILING SCHOOLS

“Today’s decision is an injustice to our children that – if allowed to stand – will hurt thousands of students and compromise their futures. The ruling puts the career interests of adults ahead of the educational needs of children, and it contradicts the State Department of Education’s decision authorizing our plan to move forward. We believe that all New York City public school students deserve the highest quality education, and these 24 schools were failing to provide it. We put in place a plan to close the schools and re-open them in September with new staff. The plan was permitted by state law and is consistent with existing union contracts – but we now risk losing the opportunity to hire effective faculty eager to be a part of the new school community. We will appeal the decision because we will not give up on the students at these 24 schools.”







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