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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Apr 2, 2014, 06:43 PM Apr 2014

City public schools to add over 4000 new pre-K seats this fall

ERIN DURKIN

City public schools will add 4,268 new full-day pre-kindergarten seats this fall as part of Mayor de Blasio’s universal pre-K push, he announced Wednesday.

With $300 million in place from the state budget, the city has tapped 140 schools across the five boroughs for the new pre-K seats.

“We now go into full gear,” de Blasio said

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/city-public-schools-add-4000-new-pre-k-seats-fall-blog-entry-1.1743559#ixzz2xluBKOrb

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City public schools to add over 4000 new pre-K seats this fall (Original Post) hrmjustin Apr 2014 OP

That's also going to add new jobs. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #1

Yes it will but from the stories I saw today many upstate school districts did not get hrmjustin Apr 2014 #2

We are NY's stepchildren. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #3

This is why I wished they raised taxes on the rich so thst we would have enough to spread hrmjustin Apr 2014 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. That's also going to add new jobs.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 09:39 PM

Apr 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. Yes it will but from the stories I saw today many upstate school districts did not get

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 09:40 PM

Apr 2014

enough from the budget. They got some money but not enough.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. We are NY's stepchildren.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 09:49 PM

Apr 2014

Getting leftovers and hand me downs.

The children here are wonderful. They deserve a bigger piece of the educational pie.

When I managed an ice cream store, my best employees where local high school juniors and seniors.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. This is why I wished they raised taxes on the rich so thst we would have enough to spread