Gov. Kathy Hochul threw parents wanting to enroll their kids in popular charter schools “under the bus” by ignoring their pleas to open more of them during her annual policy address.
— prompting parents of kids in the privately managed public schools of throwing them “under the bus.”
Charter schools also didn’t get a mention in her 276-page policy booklet she put out Tuesday –despite pledging during the campaign that she supports lifting the state-imposed cap that is blocking more charter schools from opening in New York City. Hochul still has time to address the charter school cap in her executive budget plan to be released later this month — but school choice advocates said the governor’s refusal to address the issue in her policy address is not a good sign she will fight for the change.
“Hochul is throwing New York City children under the bus. She is putting the interests of the teachers’ union over the future of students,” saidThere are now 275 charter schools that enroll 142,500 students in New York City, about one in 7 pupils.
“It’s very disappointing. I hoped that Gov. Hochul meant what she said when backed lifting the cap on charter schools,” Pataki told The Post on Wednesday.“Charter schools have provided opportunities to mostly low-income, minority students who were not being educated by the broader public school system.”
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