From the Daily News:More than half of the city's 6,749 overcrowded classes this year were in Queens, according to a recent survey by the United Federation of Teachers. That's up from almost 6,000 oversized classes last year.
Queens had 3,429 of the city's more than 5,000 oversized high school classes, says the survey. Brooklyn was second with 890.
That's on top of 757 overcrowded elementary and intermediate school classes, a UFT spokesman said. That's almost half of the citywide figure of about 1,600.
[DOE Spokesman Will Havemann] emphasized that the city is creating nearly 10,000 new high school seats in Queens. They are expected to be added by 2017, he said.
Rob Caloras, president of Community Education Council District 26, said he'll believe it when he sees it.
"We've had a rash of new development ... throughout our district," said Caloras, whose district covers northeastern Queens. "So now we have these terribly overcrowded schools."
I wonder why the problem is so bad in Queens as compared to everywhere else.
Anyone have any ideas?
I was going to say illegal immigration thanks to Bloomberg's sanctuary city policy, illegal conversions sanctioned by the City, the Dept of City Planning pushing massive upzonings while dragging its heels on downzonings and rampant overdevelopment. But all I've been hearing about is how these things make us vibrant and diverse, if you don't like it must be because you are racist, move to Long Island, etc.
God forbid someone should tell the truth about what all of this is doing to our borough. And once again, if you don't stop the unregulated influx of people, the schools are going to keep overflowing no matter how many of them are built. DOE itself admits it expects to meet the needs of the 2009 school population by 2017.
The ones who are getting the shitty end of the stick are the kids.
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[DOE Spokesman Will Havemann] emphasized that the city is creating nearly 10,000 new high school seats in Queens. They are expected to be added by 2017, he said.
10,000 new seats for 6700+ overcrowded classrooms. Maybe it's me or maybe I don't understand the "new math"
As an elementary school teacher, I can confirm that the kids will always get the shitty end of the stick.
BY 2017? We, in queens, will be more crowded by then. With all the illeagals and the condo people, we will have to make room for double that amount. But the blooming idiot of a mayor says what a great job his adminastration has done for the school system. Maybe he should build more charter schools?
So where's the problem (ha, ha)?
#1. The schools are overcrowded.
#2. The kids suffer because they get
a lousy education.
#3. That means more "tweeded" adults
...dumber than a post...come
election time.
The public school system is being set up to become a dumping ground for the lower classes.
The "swells", of course, will continue sending their kids to private schools as they always have.
Colorful, vibrant, diverse...DUMB voters...the breeding ground for the Monserattes, Ackermans, Mc Laughlins, Gallaghers of this world gaining power!
You forgot (heh, heh) to mention these stats in your I've improved education speech Mr. Mayor!
Just watch--Bloomberg will cook these books as well.
Racism?
The only racism I see is that of the Commissar, who claims to believe that giving sanctuary to illegal aliens is a compassionate act.
Big LIE!
True compassion is to care for the citizens of the US who pay taxes, obey the law, and live useful, productive lives.
True compassion is to refuse to jam so many kids in each classroom and school building, many of whom can neither read nor write (or add or subtract), or speak English.
It is KKK racism on the part of the Commissar to stuff the schools and classes with kids unable to learn. The Commissar actually believes (actions speak loudly) that minorities are incapable of learning, so screw 'em all. Stick them in buildings sitting on toxic land, each day allowing the toxins to do their intended damage.
It is compassionate to send the illegal aliens back to their own country with instructions to overthrow those governments and then demand from the newly installed government officials the same services - health, education, welfare, jobs, safety, etc., they demand of the officials and taxpayers in this country.
Want to end racism?
Dump the sociopathic KKK racist, and all who support him, on Nov. 3.
Racism my ass!
The Dem Machine of Queens County loves this current system.
They're the true racists hiding under their cloak of faux liberalism.
They want no significant upgrade in the learning curve of students.
Their credo is...feed 'em shit 'n keep 'em in the dark!
Then all those little ripe mushrooms can vote for the likes of a John Liu, etc. who sustained them with crap while they were growing up in their cellars.
The Dems continue to offer little to their newly imported voters in the opportunity for upward social mobility.
Once they've had their way with their votes they become invisible to the party bosses.
Not securing our borders and inviting illegal aliens in, i.e. health care and food stamps = overcrowded schools. The first thing they do when they get here is procreate, so the child is a citizen and they can receive benefits. Sooner or later, the children will have to go to school at taxpayer expense. Dump Bloomberg and dump our Sanctuary City status and start deporting these illegal criminals. If there were just legal children in the schools, you would have to close some of them down for lack of students.
I donin no wha ya tooken abou. En mi coontry theeks es mucho wors.
Escols are won room and many kilos. No doktor. And in mi hous we have 6 keeds in won room.
Here I got de basement, mi clinic (we are patent people and 6 hours no prooblem) and de eschools a dream.
Me an my comprades hang out in de park a the man come to peeek us up - do shit rock, cement, anythin.
Eschols for de keeds? No problem, you donen need no edicashin to woosh deeshes or cut de grass so de kids are okay.
De machin - it is our frien. I do anythin Hones Joe wanz.
"And in mi hous we have 6 keeds in won room".
No Sh_ !
Not one anglo in that photo. Just wait till most become 3 million wild teenagers with no skills or jobs.
They are all gonna be on welfare, where does the mayor expect to get trillions of $$ to support and house them for the rest of their lives ?
Ever been to Brazil where old people cant walk alone un-armed without being gang mugged in broad daylight ?
Thats Queens future now thanks to this scumbag mayor and his hacks. He may as well have murdered every working legal American homeowner.
You mean that there are other Queens Americans who think like I do? why are we allowing the invasion?
If there were no illegal aliens there would be plenty of room on the subway and in the schools, we would all be employed a & have decent places to live.
the illegal aliens are the shock troops for the capitalist machinery. the democrats are caught in the middle.
re:COMMENTER, NOT SECURING OUR BORDERS,DITTO,DITTO,DITTO!!!!!
caloras is an agent of the educational union marxists.
his local school,P.S.178(d.weprin,dem.) was underutilized,until the chosen converted it to a pre-k to 8th grade building. this action insures that their siblings never mix with the social engineered middle school,H.S., culture. then they are privately tutored.
while the rest of the district gets overcrowded by bused, out of district, illegal alien"s pupils.
"Honest Joe" Crowley's Friend said...
I donin no wha ya tooken abou. En mi coontry theeks es mucho wors.
Escols are won room and many kilos. No doktor. And in mi hous we have 6 keeds in won room.
Here I got de basement, mi clinic (we are patent people and 6 hours no prooblem) and de eschools a dream.
Me an my comprades hang out in de park a the man come to peeek us up - do shit rock, cement, anythin.
Eschols for de keeds? No problem, you donen need no edicashin to woosh deeshes or cut de grass so de kids are okay.
De machin - it is our frien. I do anythin Hones Joe wanz.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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You really got to try harder with the fake accent, bub. It's getting harder to figure out the racist point that you're trying to make.
He's not making a racist point. He's saying as bad as it is, it's still better than where they came from. It's the pissy Americans who are upset that taxpayer-funded services are being brought down to 3rd world level.
"I was going to say illegal immigration thanks to Bloomberg's sanctuary city policy"
"And once again, if you don't stop the unregulated influx of people."
these kids are American citizens, they are born here and they have a right to public education. regardless of their parent's status.
the schools have been overcrowded since i came to this country and attended public schools in 89' and has gotten worst every year since. this has been a problem that hasn't been addressed in 20 years. all they do is "patchwork" the problem with their outdoor trailers destroying school yards and recess.
this problem goes way deeper then bloomberg and illegal immigrants having American citizen sons and daughters who deserve a public education here.
Just a random observation about our Latino friends...
Ever notice how they love tight spaces...
They jam their families into over crowded apartments...
They jam their kids into over crowded schools...
They jam their families into over crowded automobiles...
The women jam their asses into jeans that are too small for them...
Wow...I need to take a deep breath..!!!
First of all, not all kids in public school are American citizens or legal immigrants.
Second, if you stop the parents from coming here, that's less kids you have to educate.
Third, I mentioned upzoning and overdevelopment as contributing to the issue. I did forget to mention tweeding. So yes, it does go beyond illegal immigration, although it's a big part of the problem.
Anonymous said...
"Racism my ass!
The Dem Machine of Queens County loves this current system.
They're the true racists hiding under their cloak of faux liberalism."
- - -
What party hosted the Commissar before he became a Republican - er, Independent - er, Non-affiliated - er, Working Families - er, Republican (again)? Was he a Democrat all his life until he purchased the stupid Republican party officials?
The Commissar is a sociopathic, crazed, power mad racist - no different from his KKK cronies.
When he is not acting on his racist beliefs, he acts on his class beliefs - all while he is a classless, ignorant, arrogant moron. When was the last time he made you laugh? When was the last time you saw him smile happily with some minority or middle class citizen?
He cannot. Because he is a humorless little bore.
Remember: his motto for children is simple: "Kill it!"
His hatred for the defenseless is unlimited. Give this madman another day in office and HE will prove that all that I say is true.
Want to take that chance?
Want your kids under his control?
No? No?
Dump the little prick!
You have the power now. It will evaporate after Nov. 3.
Take control. Dump him!
When the Commissar was told that a responsibility of his would be to educate the kids in NYC.
But, he thought the advisor said "eradicate", so he wanted control of all those schools so he could start the eradication process.
He started off well, you think?
10 lbs of sausage?
For once somebody has something partly correct
More like 10 pounds of festering Sh** and Cancer in a lower intestine.
(however that wont make it past the PC police and editors)
Anbody been to Los Angeles ?
Queens is next to become the next oozing sore of drugs, prostitution, and gang violence.
May as well live in downtown Baghdad --at least you can own guns to protect yourself
Queens aint seen nothing yet!
Der Commissar has a couple more domino's to line up and has the $$ to buy anything he wants!!
QUEENS NY R.I.P !
Make way for the new Slave City. Its 100% clear what Bloomberg is doing.
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