Under Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed budget, 4,100 teachers will be laid off; at least 80% of the city's public schools will lose teachers. Click here to find out if the school your child attends would lose teachers.
To protest the layoffs, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched an online action center for parents at http://www.advocate.nyc.gov/saveourteachers. He has also posted a petition opposing teacher layoffs for parents to sign as well as a sign-up form for a parent day of action on Thursday, May 26th, a day on which parents citywide will gather to oppose teacher layoffs.
To protest the layoffs, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched an online action center for parents at http://www.advocate.nyc.gov/saveourteachers. He has also posted a petition opposing teacher layoffs for parents to sign as well as a sign-up form for a parent day of action on Thursday, May 26th, a day on which parents citywide will gather to oppose teacher layoffs.