Well that didn't take long. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's annual State of the State address is still going on, and the Alliance for Quality Education is already out with two statements firing back at the governor for his words about education and his 2011 budget:
“If Governor Cuomo intends to be an
effective lobbyist for every school child across the state his budget
will incorporate the New York State Board of Regents call for fairness
and equity in our schools by prioritizing funding to high needs schools.
In his first year, it was Governor Cuomo’s budget that failed to
represent students’ educational needs by slashing 11,000 teaching
positions and cutting arts, music, after school and college prep
courses,” said Nikki Jones, Communications Director for the Alliance for
Quality Education.
“Governor Cuomo said that he is going to be
the lobbyist for our children, as a mother of eight children I ‘lobbied’
for my children along with thousands of other parents from across the
state against the devastating classroom cuts that Governor Cuomo
implemented last year. What our children need Governor Cuomo to do is to
listen to what parents and students are saying by restoring funding for
lost after school programs, art, music and college prep courses
especially for our neediest schools and students,” said Zakiyah Ansari,
Advocacy Director for the Alliance for Quality Education.
We'll post more reactions as they come in, and will probably have some sort of story about it in next week's newspaper.
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