Spruce Street School, PS 397
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UNDERSTANDING CUOMO'S PLANS


SCHOOL FUNDING

  • Cuomo’s plan fails to meet the state’s constitutional obligation for funding schools, continuing to withhold more than $2 billion owed to NYC public schools under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement.
  • The CFE obligation is not being made good on in this budget despite the fact that we have a budget surplus for the first time since the recession.
  • The amount that should be given–but is not–to our district (2) is about $159 million or $2,666 per student.

CHARTER SCHOOLS

  • The Charter School Cap for NYC would be increased by 100
  • Per pupil funding would be increased for Charter School Students by $75
  • Geographic restrictions on Charter Schools would be eliminated

TEACHER EVALUATIONS

50% of every teacher’s evaluation will be based on state test scores
  • This might lead to more test prep at many schools due to the high-stakes, rather than instructionally diagnostic, nature of the tests. This could potentially result in the loss of teachers from schools with high needs.
  • This has a potential impact on teachers at schools where it is harder to show growth, such as those with already high-performing students.
  • This could lead to teachers leaving testing grades and refusing to teach special education.
  • The American Statistical Association warned that this system should not even be used to rate teachers, as teacher influence accounts for very little of the variation in scores relative to factors such as poverty.
  • How much will it cost tax payers to pay independent evaluators to rate 200,000 teachers every year?
  • An independent evaluator will have greater weight than the principal, who works with staff daily (Note that the CSA is standing with the UFT on this)

Changes to Teacher Evaluation:

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If You Want to Learn More

http://www.teacherstalktesting.com
Go to the UFT (United Federation of Teachers)  http://www.uft.org/fight-cuomo and learn how to take action.
Sign the UFT's petition to the governor: HERE

If You Want to Contact Governor Cuomo

Need a starting point for an email or letter? Click HERE

Email right now at gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us or http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact.

Call Him: 
1-518-474-8390     Office hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm
 
Write a letter:
The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224

If You Want to Contact Your Senator and Assemblymember

Sample Letter to Senator/Assemblymembers HERE

DANIEL L. SQUADRON
Email address: squadron@nysenate.gov
http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/daniel-l-squadron/contact

District Office
250 Broadway, Suite 2011
New York , NY 10007
Phone: 212-298-5565
Fax: 212-431-7836

Albany Office
Legislative Office Building
188 State Street, Room 515, 
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2625
Fax: 518-426-6956



KATHERINE GLICK
email address: glick@nysenate.gov
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Deborah-J-Glick/contact

District Office
853 Broadway Suite 2007
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-674-5153

Albany Office
LOB 717
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-4841


SHELDON SILVER
email address: silver@nysenate.gov
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Sheldon-Silver/contact/

District Office
250 Broadway Suite 2307
New York, NY 10007
212-312-1420

Albany Office
LOB 704
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-3640
Fax: 518-455-7092


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Spruce Street School - PS 397
12 Spruce Street
New York, NY 10038
212-266-4800
​(Fax) 212-266-4805

Nancy Harris, Principal
Kara Levin, Assistant Principal

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