Hold the Phone!

Posted by helen at 10:44 AM

We just heard from Marty Markowitz' office, who asked us to have parents write rather than telephone with pre-K information. Contact mpthomas@brooklynbp.nyc.gov.

If you do write, be sure to include the following:
Your name, address, and telephone number
Your child's name; if there's a sibling, the sibling's name and OSIS (ID) number. Also, their date/s of birth.
The school your older sibling presently attends, and whether it's in your local school zone or out.

Take Action

Posted by helen at 6:47 PM

A few organizations have set up petitions and letter-writing campaigns to attempt to address education issues of concern:

Families of pre-K siblings denied seats at their older-sibling's school, take a few minutes to complete this survey, conducted by Parents for DOE Accountability and Action.

If your child was not placed at your zoned school for pre-K, Marty Markowitz' office wants to hear from you. [NB, the prior link is not working; instead, call 718-802-3762 in the morning for particulars, and we'll try to identify another link.]

To protest budget cuts, Concerned Parents of NYC encourages kids to raise their voices, along with their parents and the wider school community.

Exercise your civic activism: Chime in.