With Community Education Council elections underway, there are signs of growing resistance to what some parents see as an alarming rightward shift in local education politics.
Under the policy, school districts across the state will have until this summer to craft their implementation plans and must begin enforcing them at the start of next school year.
The seven new schools are part of a multiyear flurry of openings that city officials hope will reinvigorate the system at a time of faltering enrollment.
A funding shortfall in the state budget forced New York City to freeze enrollment for a popular child care voucher program for low-income families.
Overall, Adams’ executive budget proposes roughly $18.3 billion in city funding for the Education Department’s operating budget, a $670 million increase from this year.
Multiple parents reported problems with the election site Friday morning, including parents appearing on ballots for seats for which they are not running.
Education Department officials are hoping that programs like one at Brooklyn International can serve as a model to help the city creatively address a historic teacher hiring challenge.
City officials also promised to help stabilize Head Start providers facing funding threats from the Trump administration.
The abrupt removal of Superintendent Brendan Mims angered community members who said he’s pushed the district forward academically.
Out of the city’s roughly 1,600 schools, a whopping 80% have been identified to have asbestos and are required by federal law to be inspected every three years.