Manhattan district schools protest Moskowitz co-locations

Micah Landau:

"Hey, Eva, we're no fools! We won't let you ruin our schools!" chanted more than 70 teachers from the six schools on the Washington Irving Campus, near Manhattan's Union Square, as they rallied on the campus steps on Oct. 18 against the possible co-location of a new Success Academy charter school inside their building.

Washington Irving is one of two Manhattan high school campuses outside the Success Academy's traditional domain in Harlem that the charter school chain has targeted for co-location. The other, Graphic Arts, is located in Hell's Kitchen and is home to three schools. Parents, teachers and students from both campuses are putting up a spirited fight against the co-location proposals.

Speaking at the rally outside Washington Irving, International HS at Union Square Chapter Leader Thomas Hasler blasted Harlem Success founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz for creating "separate and unequal schools."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 16, 2012 1:19 AM
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