School Case Now Goes to Spitzer
April 7, 2007
The New York Sun
November 21, 2006 Tuesday
School Case Now Goes to Spitzer
BYLINE: SARAH GARLAND
SECTION: NEW YORK; Pg. 1
A ruling from the state’s highest court that the state owes only a fraction of the money demanded in a long-running lawsuit on behalf of New York City schools shifts the issue onto Governor-elect Spitzer.
The decision appeared to end the 13-year-old lawsuit by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity by affirming previous rulings that New York City has been unable to provide the sound, basic education required by the state constitution because of funding shortages.
Parents Finding School District Offices Nearly Empty
April 7, 2007
The New York Sun
October 27, 2006 Friday
Parents Finding School District Offices Nearly Empty
BYLINE: SARAH GARLAND -, Staff Reporter of the Sun
SECTION: NEW YORK; Pg. 1
Under a legal settlement reached last year, the city’s education department is spending more than $5 million a year to staff district offices, but in many cases parents looking for help at those offices would be wasting their time.
Visits by a reporter in the past two weeks to the 19 district offices situated apart from the regional offices disclosed that it was rare to find a community superintendent.
NY School Suit May Produce Billions Less
April 7, 2007
The New York Sun
October 11, 2006 Wednesday
N.Y. School Suit May Produce Billions Less
BYLINE: SARAH GARLAND -, Staff Reporter of the Sun
SECTION: NEW YORK; Pg. 1
CFE Lawsuit May Produce Billions Less
DATELINE: ALBANY
A coalition suing the state to force it to spend more money on New York City public schools may get billions of dollars less than they hoped for when the state’s highest court makes a decision in the 13-year-old case this winter.
At a hearing yesterday at the state Court of Appeals, judges pressed lawyers for the coalition, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, to explain the rationale behind the $4.7 billion to $5.6 billion increase in annual state operating aid they have argued is necessary for New York City to provide a sound basic public school education.
Three Girls in School Suit, Now Grown Up, Are Waiting
April 7, 2007
The New York Sun
October 9, 2006 Monday
3 Girls in School Suit, Now Grown Up, Are Waiting
BYLINE: SARAH GARLAND -, Staff Reporter of the Sun
SECTION: NEW YORK; Pg. 1
Three Girls in Lawsuit, Now Grown Up
In 1993, a dozen children became the face of a million New York City public school students when a lawsuit was filed on their behalf.
Among the dozen were three girls: Sumaya Jackson, who was 6 and dreamed of becoming a dancer; Alina Lewis, a teenager who thought about becoming a teacher even though the elementary school she had gone to seemed on the verge of falling down, and Erycka DeJesus, who traveled far from her district in Queens to go to a Manhattan high school that wasn’t overcrowded. Their parents charged the city’s schools with failing to provide them the level of education guaranteed by the state constitution.
