Where is the UFT?
What does it say to the world where the so-called "school board" has guards and barriers between the panel members and the constituents they are supposed to represent?
There is something terribly wrong with this.
But Mayor Mike told us all of this in 2003, when Corporate Counsel Michael Cardozo handed out to activists, including me, the manifesto of the Bloomberg regime, which I post here once again from my website article posted in 2007:
Editorial: The New York City Department of Education is a Sham and Mike Bloomberg is the Flim-Flam Man:
Michael Cardozo's introduction to his submission which removes the constitutional rights of NYC citizens
Pages index -11
Pages 12-25
Pages 26-41
Pages 42-58
Pages 59-80
I sent my opposition to all the borough Presidents, members of the Assembly and Senate. No one listened. I do not intend on supporting or voting for anyone on City Council, in the Assembly, Senate education committees, or any other public office during the past nine years. Think about it.
Here are the GEM videos on the PEP puppets:
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| PEP in December, 2011 |
Videos of Pep 4/26/12 on the closure of 24 schools
LINK
Here is some video from Thursday's PEP where 24 more schools
were closed.
I did not stay for the school co-location vote as it was quite late
by the time the puppets voted to close all 24 schools with no
consideration to the public outcry.
were closed.
I did not stay for the school co-location vote as it was quite late
by the time the puppets voted to close all 24 schools with no
consideration to the public outcry.
This video was made on behalf of GEM (Grassroots Education Movement).
Apologies for any errors or mis-spellings. They are in reverse order of the
evening's proceedings.
Apologies for any errors or mis-spellings. They are in reverse order of the
evening's proceedings.
Pat Dobosz
I was out of town so I missed it. Thanks to Pat for doing all this work.
I was out of town so I missed it. Thanks to Pat for doing all this work.
Role call vote on the resolution by Dmytro Fedkowskyj. Votes on the 24
school closures:
school closures:
puppets and heroes
Manhattan representative to the PEP, Mark Sternberg and Shael Polakow-Suransky
Queens representative on the PEP, Dmytro Fedkowskyj speaks about his
resolution and asks questions of Mark Sternberg, DOE Deputy Chancellor
Division of Operations
resolution and asks questions of Mark Sternberg, DOE Deputy Chancellor
Division of Operations
Queens representative to the PEP , Dmytro Fedkowskyj: Presents a resolution
to withdraw the proposals for turnaround/closure and place a moratorium on
the transformation model.
to withdraw the proposals for turnaround/closure and place a moratorium on
the transformation model.
A member on the Citywide Council for High Schools: The discussion needs to
be on how we are going to support our schools...not on how we are going to
close them.
be on how we are going to support our schools...not on how we are going to
close them.
[20120426083240 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
CPE (Coalition for Public Education) member, Akinlabi McCall calls for a People's
Board of Education.
CPE (Coalition for Public Education) member, Akinlabi McCall calls for a People's
Board of Education.
[20120426073202 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Parent of an Automotive High School student speaking against the closure of
the school
the school
[20120426070528 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Student on behalf of Student Activists United: We're the 13%. Watch the DOE
goon standing over her.
goon standing over her.
[20120426064949 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
City Council Member, Leticia James speaks against the co-location of a fifth
school at the 117 K campus.
[20120426064244 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Assemblywoman, Catherine Nolan: ...a shortsighted and damaging process...
Assemblywoman, Catherine Nolan: ...a shortsighted and damaging process...
[20120426064014 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
CEC 3 member, Noah Gotbaum: The whole process is a lie.
CEC 3 member, Noah Gotbaum: The whole process is a lie.
[20120426063803 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Graduate of Newtown High School: You're decreasing the moral of the students.
[20120426063234 PEP 4/28/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
UFT Vice President, Leo Casey: This process is a sham. It's illegitimate and it
has no honor.
UFT Vice President, Leo Casey: This process is a sham. It's illegitimate and it
has no honor.
[20120426063003 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
FDR High School Teacher, Meghan Behrent: It is the Departmenrt of Education
that is failing...Panel...perpetuating crimes against children on a daily basis...
FDR High School Teacher, Meghan Behrent: It is the Departmenrt of Education
that is failing...Panel...perpetuating crimes against children on a daily basis...
[20120426062608 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Lehman HS Teacher:It is unfortunate that there are only four reasonable people on
that panel right now...
Lehman HS Teacher:It is unfortunate that there are only four reasonable people on
that panel right now...
[20120426062353 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Graduate of Automotive High School and retired NYC worker: You can't and have
not given the administration of these schools the backing they need.
Graduate of Automotive High School and retired NYC worker: You can't and have
not given the administration of these schools the backing they need.
[20120426061103 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Margerie Stamberg: We need to organize by understanding who the enemy is...
Margerie Stamberg: We need to organize by understanding who the enemy is...
[20120426061034 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
We are prepping a new generation to be a lost generation.
We are prepping a new generation to be a lost generation.
[20120426055929 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
CEC 14 member, Elaine Manatu: I'm here on the victimization of the kids from
MS 126 and on the closure of Automotive HS.
CEC 14 member, Elaine Manatu: I'm here on the victimization of the kids from
MS 126 and on the closure of Automotive HS.
[20120426055653 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
IS 166 Gershwin closure and the SES program starting late
IS 166 Gershwin closure and the SES program starting late
[20120426055147 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Paola De Kock, President of the Citywide Council of High Schools: ...shows how
arbitrary and downright cruel the turnaround plan is...there is no plan, there
is a model.
Paola De Kock, President of the Citywide Council of High Schools: ...shows how
arbitrary and downright cruel the turnaround plan is...there is no plan, there
is a model.
[20120426054918 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
President of CDEC 3: Opposes the co-location of Harlem Success Charter School
at PS 149 andthe mistreatment of special needs children by Harlem Success.
President of CDEC 3: Opposes the co-location of Harlem Success Charter School
at PS 149 andthe mistreatment of special needs children by Harlem Success.
[20120426054718 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
CDEC 30 Representative: Nowhere in the Federal turnaround model is closure
mentioned.
CDEC 30 Representative: Nowhere in the Federal turnaround model is closure
mentioned.
[20120426054421 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
CEC member/Parent speaks about how there is no proof that the turnaround
model works.
CEC member/Parent speaks about how there is no proof that the turnaround
model works.
[20120426054143 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Representative for NY State Senator Shirley Huntley: Speaks about how the
principal at August Martin High School was mis-treated and how education at the
school was interrupted.-
Representative for NY State Senator Shirley Huntley: Speaks about how the
principal at August Martin High School was mis-treated and how education at the
school was interrupted.-
[20120426053618 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Councilman Jumaane Williams: Many of you are just doing his (the Mayor's) bidding...
I don't know how you sleep at night.
Councilman Jumaane Williams: Many of you are just doing his (the Mayor's) bidding...
I don't know how you sleep at night.
[20120426053323 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The community has not been engaged about the proposal to move The Renaissance
School from M99 to PS 155.
The community has not been engaged about the proposal to move The Renaissance
School from M99 to PS 155.
[20120426052912 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Queens elected official and parent: Calls on the PEP to save the other 24 schools.
We cannot afford to turn our backs now...you will be using a form of union busting.
Queens elected official and parent: Calls on the PEP to save the other 24 schools.
We cannot afford to turn our backs now...you will be using a form of union busting.
[20120426052559 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz: Stop demonizing our teachers and
public educators.
Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz: Stop demonizing our teachers and
public educators.
[20120426050427 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Schools not jails! The puppets are introduced.
Schools not jails! The puppets are introduced.
[20120426050028 PEP 4/26/12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Whose schools? Our schools!
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