Or planning to fail?
NYC hasn't got enough seats for the kids it has now (except for new charter schools, for which, like the product in the picture, there's always room). Today's Daily News suggests the situation (for non-charters, of course) is only gonna get worse:
A new report predicts dramatic enrollment increases in Brooklyn schools - and adds that Department of Education officials have failed to plan for the new tidal wave of students.
"Parents have been complaining about overcrowding in [Public School] 24," said Teresa Lantigua, mother of 10-year-old Antonio Kee, a fifth-grader at the Sunset Park elementary school. "DOE needs to do . . . more."
Four of the five elementary schools in Sunset Park are crammed beyond capacity, the report by city Controller William Thompson found.
No new elementary or middle schools are planned, even though a nearly 5% enrollment increase is expected as soon as 2015.
Fortunately, the Tweedies say everything is just peachy. After all, why shouldn't more kids study in trailers and windowless closets? My students and I do it every day.
In Mr. Bloomberg's New York, kids don't need decent facilities unless they're in charter schools. When are those pushy parents gonna get with the program?
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