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Sign the MAC petition

Tell billionaires and legislators that 

Public Schools are Not For Sale!

 

Opponents of public education -- led by a handful of hedge fund and Wall Street billionaires -- are trying to cash in on the millions they spent on NYS Senate elections at the expense of public schools in local communities. And they gave millions more to Governor Cuomo.

Their first goal: starve the public school system that serves nearly 90% of our students and privatize education, through subsidies to private and parochial schools and through privately-run charter schools. Please take a few minutes to 

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Tell Gov. Cuomo to Crack Down on Misuse of Charter School Funding

Today, the Center for Popular Democracy and Alliance for Quality Education released a report titled “Risking Public Money: New York Charter School Fraud”  that reveals vulnerabilities in the state’s charter oversight system that could potentially cost New York taxpayers as much as $54 million in charter fraud this year alone.

One charter school sent 49 staffers on a five day trip to the Bahamas. At another charter, the executive director and director of operations charged $75,000 to their school with no receipts or explanation for
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Our Annual luncheon was held at the Three Village Inn on October 1st.  The weather was beautiful and the food great.  President Dennis Flamenbaum welcomed the Hauppauge chapter to RC 23.  He  announced the upcoming Retiree Conference to be held on November 19th at the Woodbury  Country Club.

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