Why are parents required to buy school supplies that the students don’t use?

With families already struggling financially, why are Principal Lisa Josephson and Assistant Principals Aileen Leibman and Kevin Collins at PS 232Q The Walter Ward School requiring students to buy these supplies? Why not focus on more diverse after school programs or safety of the playground at night? New York City got $1,257,264,823.39 NY Lottery distribution … Read more

Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School would not fix a broken gate.

The main entrance and exit is on 91-30 Metropolitan Ave. It has a back exit into 70 Road and the GallopNYC horse stable. Teachers park on the street at the back door. Students enter and exit since it is closer walking to the school building. There is no guard or supervision at this location. Neighbors … Read more

Dept of Education budget was $11.5B or $10.4k per student in 2000/1; now $31B or $34.9k for each kid. What’s wrong with this number?

120,000 students left the DoE public school system over the last 5 years while enrollment at public charter schools is up 9%. Students In 2021-22, there were 1,058,888 students in the NYC school system, the largest school district in the United States. Of those students: 13.9 percent of students were English Language Learners 20.6 percent … Read more

Strengthening gun laws or weakening good citizens? US Supreme Court struck down New York’s 1911 Sullivan Act!

Sullivan Act has to do with small firearms, not rifle, shotgun, ammunition nor body armor in the legislation signed into law on July 1, 2022. Carrying licensed guns outside of home had been limited to government purposes instead of self-protection thus the NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL. v. BRUEN, SUPERINTENDENT … Read more