Bill de Blasio Paves Way for More Charter Co-Locations
JILL COLVIN
Mayor Bill de Blasio made clear today that his schools agenda will include more controversial co-locations and charter schools, despite his constant hammering of both on the campaign trail.
Speaking today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, Mr. de Blasio expanded on a speech he gave yesterday admitting mistakes in how he’d explained his administration’s decision to pull the plug on a handful of charter school co-locations.
“The previous administration had a particular game plan and many of the co-locations were undertaken without real parental involvement, without a sense of how the co-location would affect the receiving school. And a lot of these co-locations have been very troubled for that reason,” he said. “What we’ve said is there’ll be moratorium until we can come up with a fair system that really values the voices of parents and values the needs of the receiving school. But then we will be able to do co-locations in an appropriate manner.”
“I think the bottom line is: You can do co-locations, but they have to be done in a respectful and mindful manner,” he added.
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