'We have broken the trust for our families,' the chief of the nation's largest public school district said as he dropped the bombshell. 'We gotta build that trust back.'
NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks shared his vision for public schools across the Big Apple while dropping a major bombshell: 120,000 families have left the public school system in the past five years.
Banks vision for schools also includes calling for the hiring of about 1,000 school safety agents and expanding the Gifted and Talented program, instead of phasing it out entirely like former Mayor Bill de Blasio initially proposed. The stunning number had floated around before but NYC Schools hadn’t confirmed it. Although the decline started before the pandemic, the health crisis accelerated it.
He also went on to say that traditional public schools should do more in promoting their success stories like charter schools have done.
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