NYC loses $1.6B by returning to format before mayoral control of schools was established

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NYC loses $1.6B by returning to format before mayoral control of schools was established

BY
Kenneth Lovett
Erin Durkin
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, June 19, 2017, 4:00 AM

The expiration of mayoral control of city schools could cost the city up to $1.6 billion over 10 years — and the city would go after the state for the bill, according to a memo from de Blasio administration officials.

Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris estimates that scrapping mayoral control and going back to the old system of local school boards would cost between $125 million and $160 million a year.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-loses-1-6b-mayoral-control-schools-abandoned-article-1.3258239

[Joe Wooten]

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Sounds more like a politician who wants to keep control. No city that has done this has improved the public schools. School boards are not much better, but at least there is a stronger feedback loop.