Submitted by R_At1antis t3_ykg5gj in jerseycity
Interested in the feedback of parents in the district on the BOE election.
While I like what I've heard from the Change for Children candidates on more accountability for district spending, it's not clear to me that they are able to deliver that accountability without impacting classroom staff.
As recently as 2019, teacher layoffs were seriously discussed and may have impacted some schools - the volunteer effort from parents in my school zone to avoid that impact was substantial: https://www.ps16cpa.net/2019/05/12/the-fight-for-our-teachers-continues-w-ps16-in-the-lead/
Personally, as a parent in the PS16 zone, I'm leaning towards the Education Matters slate - as long as the tax increases are less than the cost of private school, not sure it's worth risking having teachers laid off in retaliation for budget discipline, but interested in hearing how other parents are thinking about this.
bodhipooh t1_iut4iwi wrote
PS16 zone parent here... I am definitely NOT voting for the Education Matters slate. We need to vote all the union lackeys out of the BOE so we can get some much needed fiscal restraint and accountability. Also, you seem to be under the mistaken idea that current PS spending is less than private school. That is most certainly not the case. The BOE is spending ~33K per student. That's an outrageous amount of money, and far more than any other private school in town.