GothamSchools blogged live from the Board of Education's speedy meeting today at Tweed, reporting on the flurry of votes made before the meeting came to a close.
In less than ten minutes, the BOE voted to keep Chancellor Klein in command, elected Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott as president, and called on state senators in Albany to pass the Assembly's mayoral control bill. Lastly, the board motioned to adjourn until September 10, the day after schools open this fall. (For in-depth coverage of the meeting and its aftermath, see Gotham's re-cap.)
The New York Times City Room blog points out that the fate of the city's 32 Community Education Councils is unknown. The CECs replaced the 32 community school boards, which Bloomberg disbanded when he took over the schools. With the expiration of mayoral control, however, these out-of-commission neighborhood boards should be reinstated, according to pre-2002 law.
The Times says that the city may temporarily reappoint members of the CECs. They report that one Lower Manhattan council already passed a resolution asking that its members be reinstated until community school board elections are held in May.
What does this mean for the future of parents' input in the city schools? Let us know what you think!
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