by CBS
Hundreds of public school supporters cranked up the volume Thursday night, but it may not have been loud enough to get the message across.
Mothers and fathers, teenagers, and community leaders booed new Schools Chancellor Cathie Black. Her Department of Education’s school closings plan is facing mounting outrage as the clock counts down to a final vote. Continue reading
Tweetby Sharon Otterman, NY Times
The seven-foot, blue-eyed beaver mascot in a red Jamaica High School sweatshirt bobbed his head above teachers and parents chanting, “Whose schools? Our schools!”
Above them, a 12-foot-high JumboTron screen, set up outside Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, broadcast rock-music video montages of past protests to a crowd of hundreds.
Students blew whistles, rang cowbells and shouted, “Save our schools.” Christopher Martinez, 16, held up a sign with the words “Egypt is N.Y.,” in a nod to the continuing pro-democracy protests there. “We want to show that our voices can be heard here, too,” he said. Continue reading
Tweetby Ben Chapman, Rachel Monahan, & Samuel Goldsmith, Daily New Writers
A panel voted to close 12 struggling schools early Friday morning after a tumultuous six hour meeting disrupted by a raucous crowd of angry protestors.
More than half the 2,000 parents, teachers and students at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene chanted, booed and banged drums early in the explosive meeting, halting proceedings for 30 minutes. Continue reading
Tweetby Andrew Siff, NBC
They stood and formed a human blockade on Chambers Street Monday evening. The chant could be heard from down the block.
“Save our schools!” They yelled.
Then came the NYPD, and an officer with a megaphone: “I am ordering you to leave this roadway. If you do so voluntarily, no charges will be filed against you.” Continue reading
Tweetby El Diario
“¡Salven nuestras escuelas!” Este grito se escuchó ayer en la tarde por toda la calle Chambers en Manhattan, que fue cerrada durante un tiempo mientras cientos de estudiantes, padres y maestros de escuelas protestaban el posible cierre de 26 escuelas.
A las 5 de la tarde, mientras comenzaba a oscurecer, una fila de estudiantes y organizadores se unieron en una fila y bloquearon el tráfico fuera de la sede del Departamento de Educación, causando que varios de ellos fueran arrestados por la policía.
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