Comments on: Phase one of Stuy HS cheating inquiry ends in canceled scores

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:10:00 +0000

From NY1 today: “A judge has upheld a temporary restraining order that has stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to shut down 24 struggling city schools and open new ones in their place this summer, marking a legal victory for the teachers’ and principals’ unions.

The Department of Education argued against the previous arbitrator’s ruling to stop the summer overhauls and wanted it overturned.

The arbitrator said the plan, which would have forced all faculty and administrators to reapply for their jobs, violated union contracts.

It was a victory for the teachers’ and principals’ unions and meant staff at those schools could keep their jobs in the fall.

Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the arbitrator had no authority to make the decision.

Both sides are due back in court on July 27.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Agreed. I am guessing that these “turnaround meetings” were planning strategies regarding how they were going to put lipstick on the pigs that they called ‘interviews’. They excessed who they wanted to excess, and it seems like it was mostly tenured teachers…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:39:00 +0000

January 2014

By: guest

guest — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:18:00 +0000

Yet another appeal and court appearance!!! When will this insanity end?

By: Turnaround Teacher

Turnaround Teacher — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Seemed like horse manure to me. Our principal at Lehman went to mysterious “turnaround meetings” once a week for about 4 months straight at tweed with other turnaround principals though. Our impact statement also had some very minor changes to our current mission and vision (although it was nothing radical and it could have been done easily without turnaround or SIG money.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Can anyone back up or refute Walcott’s statement about new visions and missions for the schools? Was PD money and guidance/support devoted to this during the past school year? Or is this just horse manure as I suspect?

By: Farah

Farah — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:56:00 +0000

I agree this is upsetting to see. The mayor is to blame! A man of business background shouldn’t have been given the power to change the school system. Now he is treating us students as business. Just disgusting and pathetic.

By: Newtown student

Newtown student — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Based on this article and other information, it seems apparent that the Mayor and the Chancellor have every intention of pushing through their plans whether the people want it or not. They have shown this abundantly over the past several days: when they’ve just filed their appeal against the decision, they press on with their “reforms” as though nothing happened, like keeping the old principals out and continuing the name changes.

Shouldn’t the decision make them have to at least pause such action until further notice?
Because in my opinion, I think that would be reasonable evidence to hold Bloomberg and Walcott in contempt of court, no?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Walcott,

Don’t you represent the students, parents, teachers, principals? Were you not supposed to be supporting them all year?

It is obvious you support the mayor and whatever he decides, not your customers. The tumultuous situation appears to have been created by you and Bloomberg.

What happened to you?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Walcott,

Don’t you represent the students, parents, teachers, principals? Were you not supposed to be supporting them all year?

It is obvious you support the mayor and whatever he decides, not your customers. The tumultuous situation appears to have been created by you and Bloomberg.

What happened to you?