PLACE NYC and its surrogates are desperately trying to make this Google AI school happen, wonder what the deal is with that!
13.03.2026 13:56
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PLACE NYC and its surrogates are desperately trying to make this Google AI school happen, wonder what the deal is with that!
Hate to agree but yep. Too many awful people not facing any consequences these days.
The “apology” posted to X asks us to believe that a normal person would explain systemic racism by making such hateful statements which only makes sense if you are a PR professional hoping that people aren’t actually paying attention.
"If you train a Black person well enough, they'll know to use the back," an adult said while an UWS child was speaking. www.westsiderag.com/2026/02/20/r...
CEC3 in the news with a parent (& Hunter professor) making obscenely racist comments on a hot mic while a student was speaking. Feels like this should be a bigger story. Absolutely awful that students were exposed to this as part of a CEC meeting. More needs to be done to call out and remove hate.
Tweet from Yiatin Chu ... @ycinnewyork Maybe people are tired of the language police. It was common to call close friends and family "retarded" in the 80s. I don't think it was ever used to hurt people with disabilities. Link to nytimes article: The 'R-Word' Returns, Dismayi...
Yiatin Chu - a prominent member of PLACE - posted this and affirmed when questioned that she didn’t see anything wrong it. This is what PLACE supports. Let’s get this awfulness out of our schools and city.
As we close out 2025 we look forward to continuing to work towards better schools in 2026! And if you haven’t yet - get your flu and COVID shots! The vast majority of kids who end up in the hospital with the flu are not vaccinated.
Optimistic that this will prove to be a good choice for all.
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Interested in an anti-ice training? Getting to know what your school community can do to keep kids safe? Chelsea Neighbors United has an upcoming workshop on December 15th at 6:30 at 336 w 20th street.
Let’s get ready to vote Mamdani in. The CEC election process needs reform before anything gets handed over but we believe Mamdani can get the right team on board to figure it out. And we know that he will stand up for ALL our kids.
We are glad to see the DOE standing up for all our kids. And hope this push back continues for our trans kids, for our immigrant kids, for our Black and brown kids, for our IEP kids. For ALL our kids.
A great idea. Giving schools control of the streets in front of their buildings for extra space is a no brainer. And also a lot safer for our kids.
A lot of loud people are talking about Mamdani’s statement re ending G&T. The sky is not falling. Smaller class sizes are rolling out! All our students will get more individualized attention which is huge! Also: segregation is not good. It is unclear how Mamdani could support its perpetuation.
The Education Council Consortium, NEW Pride Agenda, PFLAG-NYC and Transformative Schools put together a letter in response to the Trump administration’s attacks on the DOE. We aren’t abandoning any of our kids to bullies - refusing to stand up for some harms them all. Sign-on and share!
We hope Chancellor Aviles-Ramos continues to stand by the policies that protect NYC kids even as Adams makes ridiculous statements. The time to stand up for all our kids is now - particularly as huge cuts to ELL programming are threatened as well.
“On at least two occasions during executive board meetings of the school's parent group, [Mark Levine’s hand-picked board member Sam Lo] described students on individualized education plans as ‘retards.’”
Wishing I could have my primary vote for comptroller back….
A great article that captures the many concerns with the two boro president appointees / future direction of the board (and disappointment in Mark Levine) - even as parents are thrilled with the overturn of the anti-trans resolution.
Wanting all of our kids safe includes wanting ICE out of our city and absolutely nowhere near any school.
We are just a group of tired parents who want to see positive change for ALL kids in this city, and we are early in our efforts, but we whole heartedly endorse Mamdani for Mayor.
We hope everyone who can vote gets out there in November to send a clear message that we want to go forward.
We look forward to keeping a close eye on CEC D2 but also expanding to help push other CECs to do right by all kids - supporting high quality education and schools where every student is safe and accepted.
The anti-trans resolution that caused all the attention on D2 CEC in the first place has been repealed. Whether Mark Levine’s appointees will vote for anything else progressive or will side with PLACE for inequality (as Sam Lo’s social media posts imply) and defunding remains to be seen.
Here are the votes: cellphone clarification passes, rescind anti-trans PASSES, anti-ICE passes (a lot of lane abstains), PS 33 redevelopment passes.
Also we are coming up on a 9:45 deadline - down to the wire here. Gavin asking for PS 33 resolution to be expanded to push on refurbishment and tenant protections.
Danyela Egorov and Allyson Bowen coming out as pro-ICE / supporting federal policy. Danyela abstaining vs voting against it because she isn’t sure. Which…
Sam Lo - who was asked to resign for other comments related to equity - is speaking in favor of 283 to rescind 248 / anti-trans. We are happy to hear that Mark at least screened for this.
We are on to the four resolutions! Tamuira Reid speaking in favor of clarifying cellphones ban to better allow for kids who need assistive technology which isn’t in their IEP because it’s never been an issue. It takes significant time to modify an IEP. So this matters.
Cody Lindquist asking Craig to actually include everyone in notices for working committees. To not start out playing favorites.
Gavin Healy pointing out that Craig Slutzkin (the chair) seems to have slipped in a section to the bylaws that allows the chair to “resolve” any conflicts as he sees fit.
Bylaw changes, which will get voted on next month, will include a hybrid meeting allowance. But would still need 7 in person for quorum. Would allow for comments from people on zoom. One speaker session shouldn’t actually limit speakers.
DOE maintains that no outside law enforcement is allowed in schools except for when they have a clear warrant or a true emergency situation. Great to see and important to keep all kids safe.