Parents who back merit, higher standards dominate NYC school council elections

[Kamaji]

Parents who back merit, higher standards dominate NYC school council elections

By Carl Campanile
June 18, 2023

City parent education-council candidates endorsed by a group that supports controversial merit-based admissions and rigorous academic standards dominated recent school-board elections, results show.

Nearly three-quarters of the parent hopefuls backed by Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education won school-council seats and will now make up a significant 40% of all elected reps on the Citywide & Community Education Councils — the city’s version of school boards — for the 2023-2025 term.

PLACE NYC candidates swept all the elected seats on the Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS), which represents about 300,000 families, as well as some of the city’s top-performing school districts, including District 20 in southern Brooklyn and District 26 in northeast Queens.

PLACE-endorsed candidates also romped in Manhattan’s Districts 2 and 3 and Queens’ Districts 25 and 28.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/18/parents-who-back-merit-higher-standards-sweep-nyc-school-council-elections/

[Kamaji]

That's a nice touch, but they'll still have to face down the teachers' union.

[Wingnut]

That's a nice touch, but they'll still have to face down the teachers' union.

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than in a teachers union.

[Kamaji]

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than in a teachers union.

[PeteS in CA]

That's a nice touch, but they'll still have to face down the teachers' union.

And IIRC, a new contract with the union was signed, so these reform-minded parent groups' board members will probably be hobbled thereby.

[Kamaji]

And IIRC, a new contract with the union was signed, so these reform-minded parent groups' board members will probably be hobbled thereby.

Yes indeed.

[sneakypete]

Just when you think you will never hear anything positive about NYC,some of the denizens come up with something like this!

Congratulations,and I sincerely hope your health insurance is paid up!