The no-confidence vote, along with a resolution against McGuire’s decision, has sharply split parents in the district.
after the city, under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, paused selective admissions in favor of a lottery system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“He could’ve supplied us with screened schools in addition to zoned schools with lottery and sibling priority,” the district council’s recording secretary and member Robin Kelleher said. “He could’ve given everyone what they asked for.” District 2 has some of the highest performing students in the city, according to scores on last year’s ELA and math exams.supports high school admissions“Let me just first say that I hear your concerns. But there are also many families that are in full support of Superintendent McGuire’s decision on this matter,” Banks wrote. “While you may not be in alignment with this decision, historically the D2 community believes that Superintendent McGuire is the right leader.
McGuire’s wife, Baruch College professor in educational study Judith Kafka, penned an Oct. 25 op-ed along with educational researcher and public school parent Adam Wilson, writing that academic screenings for middle schoolers are “exclusionary” and have led to the city “having one of the most segregated public school systems in the United States.
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