Charter School’s Caribbean Rewards Are Criticized

Charter School’s Caribbean Rewards Are Criticized

By ELIZABETH GREEN
Staff Reporter of the Sun
December 7, 2007

A disclosure that a Bronx charter school has been rewarding its teachers with all-expenses-paid trips to the Caribbean is opening up a debate on the appropriate use of money in public education.

Charter School’s Caribbean Rewards Are Criticized – December 7, 2007 – The New York Sun.

MP3 recording results in perjury charges against NYPD detective — Newsday.com

MP3 recording results in perjury charges against NYPD detective

By TOM HAYS | Associated Press Writer
7:26 PM EST, December 6, 2007

NEW YORK – A teen suspect’s snap decision to secretly record his interrogation with an MP3 player has resulted in a perjury case against a veteran detective and a plea deal for himself, authorities said Thursday.

MP3 recording results in perjury charges against NYPD detective — Newsday.com.

The Village Voice: Runnin’ Scared

South Bronx Man Dreams of the Presidency
posted: 1:00 PM, December 6, 2007 by Michael Clancy

Lanakila Washington has $21,000 in his presidential campaign war chest. Most of the money comes from his personal savings.

By Candice M. Giove

There’s an Air Force One pin fixed to the lapel of Lanakila Washington’s dark green suit, a symbol of a more stately form of transportation. For now, the South Bronx resident, running a write-in campaign for the presidency on his own party line, travels in a more quotidian fashion: stumping via Greyhound and Amtrak.

The Village Voice: Runnin’ Scared.

Two More Schools to Close

Two More Schools to Close

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By ELISSA GOOTMAN
Published: December 7, 2007

The Department of Education said yesterday that it would close two elementary schools — Public School 156, the Benjamin Banneker School, in the Bronx, and Public School 304, Casimir Pulaski, in Brooklyn — after both received F’s on the school report cards released last month. The announcement brings to 10 the number of schools scheduled to close so far, with a handful of additional closing announcements expected by early next week. The schools will close at the end of the school year.

Two More Schools to Close – New York Times.

Join us for a Candlelight Vigil at NYC Immigrant Holding Center!

Join us for a Candlelight Vigil at NYC Immigrant Holding Center!

Thursday, December 13, 6pm-7pm

at the ICE Varick St. Service Processing Center (201 Varick St.)

As we come together as families during this holy season, we remember
NYC families who are being separated by current immigration policy. We
hold light to these mothers, fathers, and children, and decry their
suffering.

The vigil will be interfaith. Please join us!

Organized by the NYC New Sanctuary Coalition, Families for Freedom,
Greater NY Labor-Religion Coalition, House of Peace, New York
Immigration Coalition (list in formation).

Subway: 1 train to Houston St. Or, A/C/E/B/D/F/V train to West 4th.
Walk south on 6th Avenue. Turn right on West Houston St. Walk one
block to Varick St.

Contact: Rachel Soltis, 212-477-0351,
newyorknewsanctuarymovement@gmail.com

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Juntese con nosotros en una Vigilia de la Luz al frente del Centro de
Detencion de NYC!

Jueves, 13 de diciembre, 6pm-7pm

Donde: ICE Varick St. Service Processing Center (201 Varick St.)

La vigilia sera para grupos de diferente fe religiosa. Venga por favor!

Organizada por la Coalicion del Nuevo Santuario de NYC, Familias Pro
Libertad, Greater NY Labor-Religion Coalition, House of Peace, New
York Immigration Coalition (lista en formacion).

Subway: 1 tren a Houston St. O, A/C/E/B/D/F/V tren a West 4th.
Caminar al sur por la 6ta avenida. Doblar a la derecha en la West
Houston St. Caminar una cuadra hasta la Varick St.