The mother of a student at PS 15 in Red Hook wrote to say that the Department of Education has decided to place a new
charter school in their building starting next fall.

Many of the parents
connected with the school – and other members of the community – are
quite upset by this.

PS 15 has received high grades, and excels in
serving its existing student population – and has small classes and a
"family" feel that really supports the students in many positive ways.

This mom is wondering if anyone out there has ideas about how to block having a second school placed arbitrarily on their premises:

As part of the effort to protest this decision, I’ve set up a blog that
provides substantial background on the issue, and I’d like to ask you
to take a look at  your convenience, and if you have any suggestions or
feedback on how we can block having a second school
arbitrarily placed on our premises, we’d be glad to hear from you.

 

And just for the sake of democratic argument, if you have an
interesting argument pro-charter schools, feel free to speak up on that
as well.

 

Here’s the link to the blog: http://charter-free-ps15.blogspot.com/