To establish a NYC Charter Commission on class size

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1. 51
   Name: Elisa Morrone on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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2. 52
   Name: Jane Reiff on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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3. 53
   Name: Anne Lewison on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

   Comments: As a parent of public school children, I am committed to working to improve learning environments for all students. Smaller class sizes are the single most-significant difference between public and private schools. It makes an enormous difference. Let's close the gap and improve education for everyone.

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4. 54
   Name: Barbara Culver on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

   Comments: Please help our kids get the best attention and education.

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5. 55
   Name: Ann Starrs Freedman on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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6. 56
   Name: Jean Weille on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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7. 57
   Name: Walter Boxer on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

   Comments: 36 kids in 7th grade class allows teachers little time to attend to individual issues.

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8. 58
   Name: Kori Goldberg on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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9. 59
   Name: Joanne Liotta on Nov 17, 2003

   State: NY

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10. 60
    Name: Marion Richman, M.D. on Nov 17, 2003

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11. 61
    Name: Lila Deis Lauby on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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12. 62
    Name: Donna Klimek on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: I can't believe what all you so called educated people are doing to our children. Just keep in mind that these are the children who are going to grow up one day and decide the future of your Social Security. What goes around comes around

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13. 63
    Name: Jonathan Weinberg on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Our children deserve much, much more. Reduced class size is the first step.

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14. 64
    Name: Shannon Lamb on Nov 17, 2003

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15. 65
    Name: Mike Kramer on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: my daughter has 36 kids in her 6th grade class. the teacher has many other classes like this and can't get around to giving guidance to my daughter more than once every two weeks. who cares about a new curriculum and other "ground breaking" changes Bloomberg is making if hecontinues to make these kids feel like they are not good enough to have the same treatment as suburban kids with less than 30 kids in a class.

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16. 66
    Name: Joan Mccabe on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: class size is all that matters. save money on the curriculum and lunch program changes.

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17. 67
    Name: Anna Kramer on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: i have 36 kids in my class. the teachers never has time for individual kids.

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18. 68
    Name: Rose Stockton on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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19. 69
    Name: Dolores Schaefer on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: This year due to the incompetence of the DOE in restructuring the system, class size at my son's middle school went from 18 to almost 30 students. Students, parents and teachers felt the situation was intolerable -- a school of 300 students got 50 additional students "dumped" on it on the first day of class. These were not students who even chose the school -- rather, they were sent there by someone in the DOE. As a result, students' schedules were changed after the 2nd week of school, some school days go to 4 pm, most teachers are teaching an extra period, and the middle school teachers have given up their prep periods. This school has a tremendously committed faculty; other schools do not and students are suffering. It's the responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor to GENERATE THE REVENUE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT SMALLER CLASS SIZES. This is the one strategy that leads to success for all students, especially low-income students who have not had the same advantages of their higher income counterparts.

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20. 70
    Name: Lori Monson on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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21. 71
    Name: Tricia Cooke on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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22. 72
    Name: Deborah Donenfeld on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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23. 73
    Name: Sally Serio on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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24. 74
    Name: Lola Franco on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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25. 75
    Name: Kevin Seaman on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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26. 76
    Name: Penelope Duda on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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27. 77
    Name: Robin Belfer on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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28. 78
    Name: Kathleen Gomez on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Class size is the one issue that I feel so strongly about. NY city kids need to be in classes of 22 or smaller. They are our future as well as our future tax base. How can we short change them and ourselves. Do we want a city of McDonald workers or do we want to be a city noted for its engineers, scientists etc.. You will have the support of many if you do what is right!

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29. 79
    Name: Heidi Berman on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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30. 80
    Name: Dominic Richards on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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31. 81
    Name: Carin Berger on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: My daughter just started kindergarten this year and we are dismayed to find that she is in a class of 28 four and five year olds with a single teacher. There have been several safety issues that have arisen from this...a four year old child was sent alone to the nurse when she got sand in her eye, a child at the end of the line [with no adult available to watch the back] was approached by two men on the street as the class walked to the playground. But equally disturbing is the fact that our wonderful teacher has the overwelming task of trying to make do rather than being able to give to our eager young learners the kind of dynamic teaching that she is so capable of. Please please establish a charter commision to study the class size issue. Thank you.

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32. 82
    Name: Nan Siegmund on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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33. 83
    Name: Jennifer Bravo on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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34. 84
    Name: John Ehrlich on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Reduce school administrators add teachers....thanks!

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35. 85
    Name: Barry Weinbrom on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: as an educator for 35 years class size is the most important condiiton in the classroom

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36. 86
    Name: Cecilia Blewer on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: I am the mother of a 5th and an 8th grader who understands the achievement gaps in my children's classrooms --either you have an adult at home who can give you individual attention and really work on your writing or you don't: the teachers don't have enough time in the day to give the kind of focused editorial attention which good writing requires for each student. Schools are not factories.

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37. 87
    Name: Mary Van Valkenburg on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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38. 88
    Name: Robert Schwartz on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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39. 89
    Name: Luis O. Reyes, Ph.D on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Assistant Professor at Hunter College and Former Member of the NYC Board of Education...the research supports smaller class size and smaller school. What we need is political support and will to make it happen!

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40. 90
    Name: Teri Schlesinger on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

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41. 91
    Name: Jennifer Freeman on Nov 17, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: If my child were in an overcrowded classroom I wouls bail out of the NYC school system. I am signing this for families who don't have that luxury.

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42. 92
    Name: Irma Robinson on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

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43. 93
    Name: Meg Fidler on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Smaller class sizes have been proven to move the needle on improvement particularly for the most disadvantaged students. New York children deserve no less.

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44. 94
    Name: FELICITA MORALES on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED THAT BESIDES OVERCROWDING IN THE CLASSROOM IN OUR "TECHNICAL" SCHOOLS, OUR CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO DO TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESSEARCH NECESSARY FOR EMPLOYMENT READINESS AND COMPETITION IN THEIR FIELDS.FURTHER, EVEN THE CONDITION OF THEIR SCHOOL CHAIRS ARE HORRENDOUS. THEY ARE IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION AND TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF YOUNG MEN IN OUR HS'S.

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45. 95
    Name: Bruce Baskind on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: As a N.Y.C. public high school teacher for over twenty years, I know that large class size continually frustrates good teachers in their attempts to provide a quality, personalized and meaningful education for the children of N.Y.C. No private school would have class size above twenty, why should our children suffer in classes filled with thirty-four

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46. 96
    Name: Hollis Kegg on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Please help us!

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47. 97
    Name: Lewis Knox on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: Please support our efforts.

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48. 98
    Name: Cecilia Long on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

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49. 99
    Name: Shelley Callender on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

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50. 100
    Name: Jodi Mullinax on Nov 18, 2003

    State: NY

    Comments: A smaller class size is essential to a better education.

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